Access travel permits, pass-throughs the fast, easy and smart way
DEALING with the COVID-19 outbreak for several months has pushed us in adopting ways of tailoring interventions into local settings, from finding each infected...
DTI Iloilo to board MSMEs to e-commerce
ILOILO City – To go online has been the option left for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Western Visayas in order to...
Majority of honey sold in markets contain sugar syrup – DOST
MAJORITY or 80 percent of honey products sold in markets contain sugar and corn syrups, threatening the health of consumers and resulting in some...
Total mineral product export earnings rise
JANUARY-October free-on-board receipts from Philippine outbound shipments of mineral products collectively surpassed the corresponding total in 2019, partly fueled by the nearly 1,193 percent...
Gov’t grants 2% interest subsidy on LGU loans under ‘Bayanihan 2’
AS PART of measures to help communities bounce back from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the national government, through state-run Land Bank of...
PAREF leads 1st online int’l family conference
PARENTS for Education Foundation (PAREF), in partnership with SmartCatholics (New York) and Parousia Media (Australia), organized a four-day international virtual conference entitled “Jesus-Centered Life:...
BSP survey: Business confidence turns optimistic, consumer confidence less pessimistic in Q4
BUSINESS and consumer confidence showed improvements in the fourth quarter of 2020 as the economy gradually reopens after months of community quarantines due to...
BSP: New credit scoring system enables better access to loans
SMALL and medium enterprises (SMEs) will now have a better access to loans through a system that collects their data and generates their credit...
DOST supports Bakal Lokal platform for micro entreps, farmers
CONSUMERS have gone online, speeding up an existing trend for more shopping activity than usual. The pandemic crisis has pushed the expansion of e-commerce...
Self-employed SSS members may now register to EC Program
EMPLOYEES’ Compensation Commission Executive Director Stella Zipagan-Banawis announced on Oct. 13, 2020, that all self-employed members of the Social Security System may now start...