Sugar regulatory body eyes exporting supply surplus to stabilize prices
THE Department of Agriculture’s Sugar Regulatory Administration is considering exporting surplus sugar for crop year 2020-2021, preferably to the United States, in a bid...
ADB approves new $300-M loan for PH financial inclusion push
MULTILATERAL lender Asian Development Bank has approved a $300-million policy loan to support the Philippine government’s push to ramp up financial inclusion especially in...
DICT urged to monitor couriers as illegal drug trade ‘persists’ amid pandemic
A LAWMAKER on Sunday urged the Department of Information and Communications Technology to tighten its supervision of couriers in the country following the discovery...
Pag-IBIG loan policies set to help borrowers keep homes amid pandemic
TOP officials of Pag-IBIG Fund on Wednesday, Aug.19, assured borrowers that the agency’s loan policies are designed to help them keep their homes, especially...
DBP inks accord with LGU San Fernando to automate business transactions
STATE-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has signed an agreement with the local government of San Fernando, Pampanga and a payments solutions provider...
Tourism stakeholders push for P10-B credit facility in Bayanihan 2 for COVID-hit businesses
THE country’s tourism industry stakeholders has called on the government and lawmakers to keep intact the P10-billion credit facility for the sector’s COVID-19-hit micro...
BSP hikes real estate loan limit to 25%
PHILIPPINE monetary officials have expanded the real estate loan limit for universal and commercial banks (U/KBs) from 20 percent to 25 percent, a move...
Family Business Governance — Important Then and Now
THE Need for Family Governance Then
The Philippine business landscape is unquestionably dominated by family-owned businesses. Despite the humble connotation that average men try to...
Bleak future seen for Philippine aviation sector — CAB
THE outlook for the country’s aviation industry remains negative as global air travel will take time to recover from the onslaught of the COVID-19...
Hotdog shortage? Meat processors say likely due to ban on imports from Brazil
A MEAT industry group warned of a possible shortage of products like hotdogs and meatloaf because of the government’s ban on imports of meat...