PhilHealth COVID-19 response kinilala ng ASEAN Social Security Association

PINARANGALAN ng ASEAN Social Security Association (ASSA) ng “Continuous Improvement Recognition Award” ang Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) dahil sa mga pagbabagong ipinatupad nito...
Returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) wait in line at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 in Pasay City on May 25, 2020. JONATHAN CELLONA/ABS-CBN NEWS

Cash remittances hit $2.38B in Nov., up 0.3%

CASH remittances from overseas Filipinos rose 0.3 percent to $2.379 billion in November last year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said on Thursday.  From January...

More Pinoys seen investing in stocks amid pandemic

MORE Filipinos are investing in the stock market, the head of the Philippine Stock Exchange said on Thursday. PSE president Ramon Monzon said local investors...
Shown in photo (2nd and 3rd from left, respectively) are DBP Executive Vice President Jose Gabino D. Dimayuga and Hino Motors Philippines Corporation President Mitsuharu Tabata during the signing of the loan agreement between DBP and HMPC. They were joined by DBP First Vice President Daniel Gonzales (left) and HMPC Treasurer Susumu Myokan (right).

DBP grants P150M credit line for modern PUVs manufacturer

State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has granted a P150-million revolving credit line for Hino Motors Philippines Corporation (HMPC) to augment the working...

Police to run after cyber syndicates

Police Colonel Rommel Javier, the new chief of the financial crimes unit of the Philippine National Police, said his unit is identifying and running...
A customer shops at a banana stall in the public market of Pavia, Iloilo on Jan. 6, 2021. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

‘Coinless society by 2025’

BY 2025, the Philippines is expected to be a coinless society as small transactions would then be done by quick response (QR) codes which...
The country’s crops output – which accounted for around 53 percent of the agricultural sector’s total production – rose 4.8 percent as the paddy rice harvest grew 15.2 percent, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. JOMARIE ROMAQUIN/DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PHOTO

NegOcc agriculture sees better business under new law

BACOLOD City – The organic agriculture sector in Negros Occidental expects better business for farmers under the amended Republic Act 10068, or the Organic Agriculture...
A gasoline station employee attends to motorists as they gas up at a Petron station in Brgy. Mali-ao, Pavia, Iloilo on Jan. 13, 2020.. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

Oil seen around $60 per barrel this year as vaccines drive economic recovery

OIL prices are set to rebound to above $60 per barrel this year as vaccines are rolled out and economies around the world begin...
Tourists dine at a restaurant in Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan on Jan. 8, 2021. PHOTO FROM MALAY MUNICIPAL TOURISM OFFICE – AKLAN

DOT: Foreign tourist arrivals plunge 83.7% in 2020

THE Department of Tourism (DOT) on Tuesday said the Philippines saw a dramatic decline in international arrivals last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. At a...

Exclude land ownership from Cha-cha discussions – Finance chief

LAND ownership should be left out of discussions on Charter change, Finance secretary Carlos Dominguez said on Tuesday.  The Finance chief said while he supports...