Hong Kong falls into first recession in 10 years
HONG KONG – Hong Kong slid into
recession for the first time in a decade in the third quarter, weighed down by increasingly
violent anti-government protests...
DTI’s plan to import rice for fast food chains ‘insensitive’ – Marcos
THE government’s plan to import rice on
behalf of fast food chains, grocery stores, and small supermarkets, instead of
buying local, is insensitive, Senator Imee Marcos...
Wilcon showcases topnotch products at Philconstruct 2019
EXHIBITING its wide array of home
building products, Wilcon Depot participated in the PHILCONSTRUCT: 30th
Philippine International Construction Equipment, Building Materials, Interior
& Exterior Products Exhibition and...
Central bank cuts average inflation projection for 2019
MANILA – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) policy-making Monetary
Board (MB) on Thursday lowered the central bank’s average inflation to 2.4
percent from the forecast...
BSP keeps key rates unchanged
MANILA – Philippine monetary officials
on Thursday kept key rates unchanged as expected in the forecast within-target
inflation rate until 2021.
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) deputy
governor...
Ilonggo workers urged to know EC benefits
ILOILO City – Employees’ Compensation
Commission (ECC) encouraged all workers to know employees’ compensation
benefits and observe obedience to occupational safety and health policies in
their workplace...
Alibaba says HK’s ‘future is bright’ as it presses on secondary listing
ALIBABA Group chairman Daniel Zhang said
Hong Kong’s “future is bright” as the company presses on with its secondary
listing in the city gripped by increasingly...
DTI seeks P300M to support law providing benefits for startups
MANILA – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is pushing a
P300-million budget for the implementation next year of a new law providing
incentives to...
Trump’s more tariffs threat could hit consumer goods before Christmas
WASHINGTON – United States (US)
president Donald Trump’s threat to jack up US tariffs on Chinese goods if the
world’s two largest economies fail to reach...
DA to impose stricter measures to address huge entry of imported rice
MANILA – The
Department of Agriculture (DA) will be implementing stricter sanitary and
pythosanitary (SPS) measures on the issuance of import clearance to address the
huge entry...

















