BSP sees solid rebound for pandemic-hit economy
THE worst is over for the pandemic-hit Philippine economy, and a “remarkable rebound” is expected this year, the head of the Bangko Sentral ng...
DTI-6: Majority of SSFs have resumed operations
NOTWITHSTANDING the impact of the pandemic on business activities, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) continues to monitor the operations of shared service...
GTFI-PEDC turns over 2-classroom building in La Paz
ILOILO CITY – GT Foundation Inc. (GTFI) and Panay Energy Development Corp. (PEDC) formally turned over a one-storey, two-classroom building at N.J. Ingore Elementary...
Electronics exporters see 7% growth with demand for ‘new normal’ tech
AN electronics industry group said it sees increased demand this year for technologies that support the “new normal.”
The Semiconductors and Electronics Industries of the...
Unemployment in PH soars to 10.2% – DOLE
MORE than 420,000 Filipinos lost their jobs in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic affected the economy and forced businesses to close, according to the...
New Zealand central bank hit by cyber attack
WELLINGTON – New Zealand’s central bank said Sunday it was responding with urgency to a “malicious” breach of one of its data systems, a...
DA ensures pork supply from Visayas, Mindanao as prices surge in Luzon
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it is working on increasing the supply of pork to address high pork prices in the markets of...
DTI: 500K more biz registrants since pandemic onset
MANILA — More than 500,000 registered new business names from March 2020 to January 2021, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said Thursday,...
Foreign investments down $423 million in October
FOREIGN direct investments to the Philippines reached $423 million net inflows in October, a 24.5-percent drop versus a month ago on increasing COVID-19 cases,...
Gov’t urged to implement 40% tariffs on mechanically deboned meat
REDUCING the tariffs on mechanically deboned meat (MDM) will be to the detriment of the local livestock industry and will have minimal impact on...