Seat Leasing and Outsourcing Services – Solutions to Your Business

OUTSOURCING Services, such as Seat leasing, enables multinational firms to increase or decrease their workforce size in response to fluctuating consumer demand. This saves...
Transport secretary Jaime Bautista witnesses the demonstration of 3 Filipino inventions meant to save fuel and reduce carbon emissions at the Land Transportation Office, Diliman, Quezon City on Aug. 25. ANDREA TAGUINES/ABS-CBN NEWS PHOTO

Groups back ‘fuel-saving’ products by Pinoy inventors

SEVERAL public transport groups yesterday said they support the adoption of three homegrown inventions that aim to promote fuel efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. In...
Job seekers flock at the job fair held at the Robinsons Place Jaro in Iloilo City in this file photo. PNA PHOTO BY PERLA LENA

Charter Day job fair offers over 12K vacancies

ILOILO City – More than 12,000 job vacancies await job seekers at the 86th Charter Day Job Fair of the Iloilo City Government from...
Travelers line up at airline counters to process their travel documents at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City. JONATHAN CELLONA/ABS-CBN NEWS PHOTO

Gov’t opens bidding for NAIA rehabilitation

THE bidding for the rehabilitation and upgrade of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) is now formally open, the government's Public-Private Partnership Center (PPPC)...
Under Republic Act No. 11055 (PhilSys Act), any person or entity who will refuse to accept or recognize the national ID or PhilSys Number (PSN) as the only official identification of the holder, without just and sufficient cause, shall be fined an amount equivalent to P500,000.

DICT now tasked with making digital national IDs – NEDA

THE management and production of digital national IDs will be transferred to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), the National Economic and...
The Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines says the downtrend in Wholesale Electricity Spot Market prices may continue if there would be no unforeseen plant outages. Photo shows the power transmission towers and lines in Laguna and Rizal provinces. JIRE CARREON/RAPPLER PHOTO

Luzon, Visayas power rates dip in July, August

LOWER demand in the Luzon and Visayas grids pulled down spot market rates in July until the first two weeks of August this year...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas data show that credit card receivables surged by 29 percent to about P600 billion as of the end of May 2023, faster than the 17.1 percent posted at the same period a year ago. ET BFSI.COM PHOTO

Credit card users get lift as BSP keeps rate cap

BANK regulators maintained the interest cap on credit card transactions at 3 percent per month or 36 percent per year, at least through the...
Electrical meters with countless electrical wires are seen hanging near residences in Barangay Addition Hills, Mandaluyong City. GEORGE CALVELO, ABS-CBN NEWS/FILE PHOTO

Only 37K enrolled in electricity lifeline subsidy program

OUT of 4 million possible applicants, only 37,000 have enrolled in the lifeline subsidy program of various electric cooperatives and utilities in the Philippines. The...
ABAD. PHOTO COURTESY OF PETRON

PH should veer away from oil imports to pull down prices – DOE

AN OFFICIAL at the Department of Energy (DOE) said the Philippines should veer away from fuel imports to bring down oil prices in the...
The leaderships of the Federation of Philippine Industries and Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines on Tuesday, Aug. 22, said the country's 4.3 percent gross domestic product growth in the second quarter should be celebrated, not frowned upon. Photo shows employees of the C Point Shoe Store working on handmade shoe products in its factory in Marikina City, proving that the Philippine economy remains vibrant. PNA PHOTO BY JOEY RAZON

Biz leaders call PH’s Q2 GDP growth ‘respectable’

BUSINESS leaders said the Philippines’ 4.3 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the second quarter is nothing to be ashamed of, stressing that...