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WASHINGTON – U.S. House Republicans on Wednesday advanced a new $250 annual fee on electric cars but dropped a $20 federal yearly registration fee on all vehicles starting in 2031 to fund road repairs ...
DETROIT – Ford Motor has killed a program to develop next-generation electrical architecture – the brain of modern cars – that its executives have called pivotal to competing with electric-vehicle ...
The country's largest and most influential transport leaders have united in support of the Angkasangga Partylist.
A new plant making iPhones in southern India has started production and another will begin shipments in May, as Apple looks to boost manufacturing beyond its tariff-hit main manufacturing hub, China, ...
THE Department of Transportation (DoTr) is hoping to privatize at least 15 airports by 2026 as the government seeks to make regional airports “more economically viable.” ...
THE PHILIPPINES’ trade-in-goods deficit widened to a two-month high in March as both exports and imports picked up, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday. Preliminary data ...
THE NATIONAL Government’s (NG) budget deficit ballooned in March as revenues slipped and state spending jumped ahead of the election ban, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said.
MANILA ELECTRIC CO. (Meralco) spent a total of P683.74 million in the first quarter (Q1) for the upgrade and development of three substations to help meet growing power requirements in its service ...
THE Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) said it tapped Korea Water Resources Corp. (K-Water) to develop the smart water management systems in Camp John Hay in Baguio City and Poro Point, ...
AMBASSADOR FRANCIS C. CHUA will step down as Bank of Commerce (BankCom) chairman effective May 27 following his resignation from its board. Mr. Chua announced his resignation as chairman and member of ...
Consider this as Part 3 counting previous articles on the same topic in this column, “The Laffer Curve of Philippine tobacco taxation” (May 22, 2023) and “The Laffer Curve of Philippine tobacco ...