$40m spent on Philippines terror fight Australia allocated close to $40 million towards helping the Philippines counter Islamic militants and the threat of returned foreign fighters from the Middle East. — 9news.com.au Philippines modernises its […]
Philippines to raise $2 B from foreign borrowings The Philippine government plans to raise about $2 billion more this year through the sale of offshore commercial bonds, including samurai and global bonds, according to the […]
DSWD rolls out P77 M for Boracay workers The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has allocated P77 million for the implementation of cash-for-work (CFW) program for workers and residents affected by the temporary […]
Economic crime hits record high in PH Economic crime hits record levels in the Philippines on wider awareness and understanding of threat, according to a survey. — Manila Bulletin PHL competitiveness falls most in Asia […]
DOF pushes for amendment, repeal of 123 laws on investment incentives The Department of Finance (DOF) on Tuesday urged Congress to amend or repeal over a hundred special laws on investment incentives and consolidate them […]
The key to 1.5 million Chinese tourists’ wallets? Scan-to-pay Filipino businessmen are cashing in on the projected 1.5 million Chinese tourist arrivals this year by allowing them to shop with their smartphones, eliminating tedious trips […]
Gov’t subsidies surged 130% to P45B in 1st quarter The national government’s subsidies to state-run corporations jumped 130 percent to P45.3 billion in the first quarter, with Philippine Health Insurance Corp. getting the biggest chunk. […]
NAIA ‘escort’ ring has netted P10 billion According to Greco Belgica, commissioner of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC), a background check on Customs operation officer Lumontod Macabando showed that he has been frequently traveling abroad, […]
Opposition senators ask SC to declare PH withdrawal from ICC ‘ineffective’ Opposition senators on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to declare as ineffective the Philippine government’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal […]
Philippines posts sharpest drop in remittances in 15 years The amount of money sent home by overseas Filipinos plunged last March, seeing the sharpest decline since April 2003, due to the continued repatriation of Filipino […]
World Bank fund to aid Guimaras mango produce Some 171 mango growers and producers from Guimaras are recipients of a P18-million grant in a joint project of the World Bank, the host local government unit, […]
DOF denies China asking for Philippines natural resources as loan collateral Loans and other financing support granted by the Chinese government to the country do not involve any of the Philippines’ natural resources as collateral, […]