Coal Use Rises, Prices Soar as War Impacts Energy Markets

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2022 21:58:08 +0000

The war in Ukraine is having a global impact on energy prices, not only driving the cost of oil higher, but also sending coal prices to record levels as demand for the fuel grows during a period of diminished supply. The Newcastle (Australia) futures price of thermal coal for power generation hit $435/ton on March […]

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Court cites LTFRB data in junking provincial bus ban

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:50:20 +0000

A Quezon City regional trial court (RTC) has ordered the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to halt the implementation of its proposed provincial bus ban

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San Francisco weighs 1st US city ban on e-cigarette sales

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 22:21:18 +0000

San Francisco weighs 1st US city ban on e-cigarette sales

SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco supervisors are considering whether to move the city toward becoming the first in the United States to ban all sales of electronic cigarettes to crack down on youth vaping.

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Official: Canada to announce ban on single-use plastics

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 04:00:08 +0000

Official: Canada to announce ban on single-use plastics

TORONTO – The Canadian government plans to announce it is moving to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021, a senior government official said late Sunday

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Trump administration halts cruises to Cuba under new rules

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2019 23:18:26 +0000

Trump administration halts cruises to Cuba under new rules

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration on Tuesday ended the most popular forms of U.S. travel to Cuba, banning cruise ships and a heavily used category of educational travel in an attempt to cut off cash to the island’s communist government.

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BREAKING: Palace lifts ban on travel to Canada by gov’t execs 

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2019 09:50:59 +0000

Malacañang has lifted its directive for government officials to refrain from traveling to Canada, Executive Secretary Medialdea said Tuesday.

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SC asked to stop ban on provincial buses along Edsa

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:47:27 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — AKO Bicol Party-list on Monday asked the Supreme Court to stop the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) from implementing its regulation banning all provincial buses from plying along Edsa. In a 44-page petition, AKO Bicol Reps. Ronald Ang and Alfredo Garbin Jr. asked the high court to issue a temporary restraining order […]

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Provincial buses reminded of P500 fine for loading, unloading along Edsa

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 02:34:57 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) reminded bus operators that starting Monday, provincial buses caught picking up and dropping off passengers along the stretch of Edsa will be fined P500. MMDA spokesperson Celine Pialago explained that the agency is reinforcing an existing regulation that allows provincial buses to load and unload passengers […]

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Siargao resort bans freeloading influencers

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 21:42:44 +0000

A resort in Siargao, a small island off the coast of Surigao del Norte province in Mindanao has publicly refused to be under the influence of social media influencers.

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