Supreme Court ruling, placing power supply agreements submitted by Meralco and other distribution utilities under the Competitive Selection Process, will likely place more than 13 million consumers at a disadvantage. VIDEOBLOCKS

NEA extends P560.6-M loans to electric coops as of end-June

THE National Electrification Administration (NEA) extended more than half a billion pesos worth of loan assistance to electric cooperatives in the first half of...

Cebu Pacific Partners with Airlink for Disaster Resiliency and Response

CEBU Pacific, the Philippines’ leading airline, is joining the roster of international airlines and logistic partners that provide airlift, logistical solutions, and support to...

Outsourcing blunders to avoid, what to watch out for

Outsourcing is a prudent business strategy. But outsourcing blunders are unavoidable for first-time outsourcers.  Here’s a quick list of mistakes you can easily avoid. A...
The quality of jobs in the Philippines has improved as seen in the reduction of underemployment in March this year. Photo shows office workers walking at a crossing in Makati City. MARK DEMAYO/ABS-CBN NEWS FILE PHOTO

‘PH gov’t response to COVID-19 saves 1.8-M Pinoys from poverty’

A WORLD BANK study shows that the emergency assistance of the Philippine government during the height of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has...
Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. says the bureau recently confiscated several bottles of alcohol and boxes of cigarettes with no excise tax stamp in Makati City. Photo shows then-BIR deputy commissioner Lumagui in a raid of a warehouse of alleged illegal vapes in Tondo, Manila in 2022. THE STAR/JESSE BUSTOS PHOTO

BIR cracks down again vs illicit cigarette and alcohol trade

THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) again conducted simultaneous nationwide raids against the illicit cigarette and alcohol trade. The nationwide crackdown included Cabanatuan City in...
Shown in photo during the public launching of the Pueblo de Panay BPO Building II are (7th from left) DBP President and CEO Michael O. de Jesus together with (6th and 5th from left) Roxas City Mayor Ronnie Dadivas and Roxas City Vice Mayor Teresita Almalbis. They were joined by (from left) DBP First Vice President Rosemarie Callanta, DBP Vice President Marissa P. Aniño, PDPI Consultant Geocel Olanday, PDPI Chief Finance Officer Corazon Cruz, PDPI President and CEO Jose Nery D. Ong, PDPI Director Mary Daphnie D. Ong, PDPI Director Victoria O. Banzon, Partner-Reyes Tacandong and Co. Joseph Bilangbilin, DBP Senior Assistant Vice President Jessica Juanico and DBP Assistant Vice President Gina Taay.

DBP funds leading township project in Western Visayas

STATE-OWNED Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has granted an initial P1.106-billion funding support to a Capiz-based real estate developer for the expansion and...

E-commerce Support Outsourcing Philippines: Cynergy BPO – The Perfect Confluence of Technology and Human...

In the vibrant panorama of e-commerce, a constant, relentless evolution underpins every facet of the landscape. Technological leaps and bounds have redefined the paradigms,...

Life-changing vision now within reach by Ilonggos; Borough Lasik Center expands to Iloilo

ILOILO City – Borough Lasik Center (BLC), the country’s leader in vision correction procedures officially launched its first clinic in the Visayas located at...
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual and Netherlands Deputy Minister Hanneke Schuiling discuss economic cooperation to improve bilateral trade relations as part of DTI's investment roadshow in Europe. PHOTO COURTESY OF MANILA BULLETIN

DTI’s Europe roadshow yields P73-B in potential investments

THE Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) three-week investment roadshow in Europe has yielded more than P70 billion in investment pledges from several European...
Linemen of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines at the Hermosa-Floridablanca transmission line in Pampanga. NGCP PHOTO

Senator: ‘Threat of tax hike may make NGCP improve services’

THE National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) was warned that its dismal performance is making lawmakers consider hiking its franchise tax and making...