Global economy to contract 3% in 2020, says IMF
THE global economy is projected to
contract by three percent in 2020 from a year before due to the coronavirus
pandemic, a far more severe setback...
2GO all set to welcome repatriated seafarers for mandatory quarantine
2GO
Group Inc. is ready to welcome aboard returning Filipino seafarers and workers
to carry out their mandatory 14-day quarantine on two of its passenger vessels,
the...
LANDBANK tightens social distancing measures
THE Land Bank of the Philippines on
Tuesday said it will implement additional measures to strictly enforce social
distancing in its branches, following reports that cash...
Optimism on COVID-19 economic stimulus boosts PSEi
PHILIPPINE share prices continued its
rally on Wednesday amid high hopes over the government’s stimulus programs to
keep the economy afloat despite the COVID-19 crisis.
The benchmark...
Gov’t ready for fast economic ‘bounce back’ after COVID-19 crisis — NEDA exec
THE
Philippine government has prepared a plan to ensure that the economy will
recover immediately after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, state
planning agency National Economic...
BayaniJUAN: Cebu Pacific provides airlift support for COVID-19 response efforts
OVER
the past several years, the need for humanitarian aid has dramatically
increased on the back of major natural disasters, conflict or biohazards such
as the spread...
Philippine shares rally on optimism over fiscal, monetary stimulus amid pandemic
SHARE prices on the Philippine Stock
Exchange rallied more than three percent on Tuesday as investors cheered the
government’s fiscal and monetary stimulus packages to mitigate...
DENR 6 encourages enhanced family gardening
SINCE the
last week of December 2019 until now, the world was shocked in dealing with
this pandemic known as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which has...
Fresh borrowings seen to augment COVID-19 war chest — finance dep’t
MANILA – The Philippines is considering
additional borrowings of up to $5.7 billion (P288 billion) to augment its “sizeable
but not inexhaustible” resources to fight the...
DOLE: No ‘under-reporting’ of workers displaced by COVID-19
DEPARTMENT of Labor and Employment
(DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Tuesday dismissed reports that they are
not transparent in reporting the real numbers of workers...