ILOILO CITY—A plan by one of the country’s biggest companies to build a 1.9-kilometer bridge to make it easier to go to Boracay is facing opposition from the local government and community leaders in the world-famous island…
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge is set to get an update on ongoing settlement talks in the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal after announcing a tentative deal last month for nearly half a million polluting Volkswagens in…
PARIS — Pedestrians took over the Champs-Elysees on Sunday as part of a new program to ban traffic from the famous Paris avenue once a month. The initiative, for what is usually one of the busiest roads…
The nationwide group No to Jeepney Phaseout Coalition has said that the public should expect massive protests this month against the government’s plan to replace the traditional jeepney with a more modern electronic version starting off with…
SAN FRANCISCO — Attorneys for Volkswagen are expected to reveal where the company stands on a fix to bring nearly 600,000 diesel cars into compliance following an emissions cheating scandal. Senior U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer is…
OPERATORS and drivers of the No to Jeepney Phaseout Coalition have announced plans to mount a massive protest on April 4 to continue their call against the government plan to scrap public utility jeepneys 15 years or…
A TOTAL of 21 truckloads of garbage—consisting of car spare parts, silt, plastic containers, styrofoam and cable wires—were collected from the Antipolo open canal in Sta. Cruz and Estero de Kabulusan in Tondo, both in Manila, on…
WASHINGTON, United States—A US judge has given Volkswagen one month to present a plan to fix diesel engine cars secretly outfitted with pollution cheat devices. District Judge Charles Breyer, at a hearing in San Francisco, set a…
After a pilot high-quality air monitoring station was set up by the Lung Center of the Philippines in Quezon City, the Rotary Club of Makati announced plans on Tuesday to add two more—one in Makati City and…
WASHINGTON — Officials at Volkswagen and the US environmental monitoring agency are keeping mum about whether any progress was made during a closed-door meeting on the German automaker’s emissions cheating scandal. VW global chief executive Matthias Mueller…
