Anti-red tape body orders LGUs to exempt mall stores from ‘burdensome’ permit processes
MANILA – The country’s anti-red tape
body on Friday said it ordered Local Government Units (LGUs) to remove
locational clearance as a requirement in business permits...
BSP alerts public over ‘unauthorized’ social media account
MANILA – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
(BSP) on Friday warned the public against an unauthorized account using its
name and logo on the photo-sharing app...
Cebu Pacific ready to repatriate Mideast OFWs for free
MANILA – Local carrier Cebu Pacific said
Friday it is prepared to fly home for free, Filipino workers in the Middle East
should fresh tensions there...
PhilHealth’s 3% premium rate, imposition of interests start this month
THE Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has kicked
off its three-percent hike from last year’s 2.75 percent premium rate and
started charging its direct contributors in...
NegOcc seeks economic boost from tourism
VARIOUS local
government units in Negros Occidental are working to develop more
tourism-related initiatives to boost the local economy.
Bago City mayor
Nicholas Yulo on Wednesday said the...
Demand rises for term deposits
MANILA – Tenders for the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) term facility rose
on Wednesday, and a ranking central bank official attributed the increase to
high...
Higher wages to lure more workers in construction – exec
MANILA – Offering higher wages in the construction industry will address
the shortage of skilled labor in the sector, Trade secretary Ramon Lopez said
Wednesday.
Lopez told...
2020 global growth to recover to 2.5% – WB
WASHINGTON – Global economic growth is expected to recover to 2.5 percent in
2020, up slightly from the post-crisis low of 2.4 percent registered in...
Dinagyang 2020 more interactive, inclusive – Peñaflorida
In a recent press conference held this Wednesday at City
Hall, Atty. Jobert Peñaflorida said that the 2020 Dinagyang Festival will
feature several improvements, including less...
DENR pushes for Panay as PH Bamboo Capital
Environment
secretary Roy Cimatu strengthens the implementation of the Enhanced National
Greening Program by targeting 13,050 hectares to be planted with bamboos in
Panay Island. He pushed...