PhilHealth increases yearly dialysis coverage to 156 sessions
THE Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) announced that its coverage for hemodialysis has been expanded from 90 to 156 sessions starting this year as...
SEC launches new services in digitalization push
THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday launched several e-services to boost its digitalization efforts.
During the celebration of its 85th anniversary, the SEC...
CEBU PACIFIC MEDIA STATEMENT, June 21, 2023
CEBU Pacific acknowledges the difficulties and frustrations that our passengers have been experiencing lately.This is primarily driven by fleet availability issues affecting the global...
Congress urged to fast-track law protecting consumers online
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has urged Congress to immediately pass the Internet Transactions Act (ITA) that will protect consumers in their...
BSP taps retailers to boost coin recirculation
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) launched a campaign to promote coin recirculation using Coin Deposit Machines (CoDM) deployed in select partner retailers.
"Through the...
PH construction biz keen on adopting data strategy
THE Philippines is leading among surveyed Southeast Asian countries in plans to adopt data strategy in the construction industry, research by Procore Technologies Inc....
PH competitiveness drops 4 spots in global study
THE Philippines dropped four places in the 2023 World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) based on several metrics across economic performance, government and business efficiency and...
Tax hike on junk food, sweetened beverages looms
THE Marcos administration will push for the passage of new tax measures this year, particularly additional taxes on sweetened beverages and junk food, Budget...
Agri’s dwindling share in GDP not unusual for emerging economies
THE agriculture sector’s contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP) naturally declines as a country moves closer to developed economy status, according to an...
DTI brings services to Iloilo province’s farthest town
ILOILO City – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has made its services closer to the farthest municipality of Iloilo province with the...