After two years of virtual meetings, congregations resume in-person meetings beginning April 1, 2022.

Jehovah’s Witnesses returning to in-person meetings

ALL congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses around the world will resume holding in-person meetings during the week of April 1, except where local government restrictions...

BOC collects P80M from overstaying containers

THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) has generated more than P80 million in the first quarter of the year from the disposal of overstaying containers...
The Fiscal Incentives Review Board approved P4.28 billion in tax subsidies for seven government agencies and state-run corporations last year, according to a statement released by the Department of Finance.

P4B tax subsidies for 7 state agencies OK’d

THE Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) last year approved P4.28 billion in tax subsidies for seven government agencies and state-run corporations, according to a...
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Labor exec thumbs down lifting of Middle East deployment ban

A LABOR official dismissed proposals to lift the ban on the deployment of Filipino workers in some parts of the Middle East, saying it...

Pag-IBIG Fund on the go

TOP executives of Pag-IBIG Fund held a send-off of their mobile branch called Lingkod Pag-IBIG On Wheels. The mobile branches will bring Pag-IBIG services...
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PHLPost releases stamps to mark 80th Araw ng Kagitingan

THE Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) issued stamps and official first-day covers in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor)...
The Department of Agriculture has temporarily barred the entry of poultry products from five states in the United States such as Missouri, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa after recording numerous bird flu outbreaks there.

DA suspends poultry imports from 5 US states

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has temporarily barred the entry of poultry products from five states in the United States after recording numerous bird...
Consumers can now purchase disinfectants and face masks as many as they want. Trade secretary Ramon Lopez on Thursday issued Memorandum Circular No. 20-54 lifting the quantity limits in purchasing disinfecting alcohols, hand sanitizers, disinfecting liquids and face masks (N95 and N98). ELOISA LOPEZ/ REUTERS

Confident PH consumers ready for retail therapy

EAGER to move on from the pandemic, Filipino consumers were raring to spend more on retail shopping and “large” items such as cars and...

PEZA allows 30% WFH for registered IT-BPOs, RBEs until Sept. 12

PHILIPPINE ECONOMIC ZONE AUTHORITY (PEZA) Director General Charito Plaza has announced that the agency is accepting applications from PEZA-registered information technology-business process outsourcing (IT-BPOs)...
The P109 million worth of misdeclared vegetables, meat and fishery products were seized by the Department of Agriculture this year.

DA redoubles efforts vs agri goods smuggling

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is pitching a two-pronged approach to stymie the illegal entry of agricultural goods into the country while beefing up...