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IATF OKs dine-in in MGCQ areas but must observe health standards

June 2, 2020

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has allowed restaurant dine-in operations in areas under the modified general community quarantine. In a virtual press briefing on Tuesday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, however, warned that any restaurant,

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Domestic flights not yet allowed due to LGUs opposition; inbound international passengers capacity to increase -gov’t

June 1, 2020

Domestic flights in the Philippines are not yet allowed despite easing of quarantine measures due to opposition from local government units, officials said on Monday. In a virtual press briefing, National Task Force on COVID-19 Chief Implementer Carlito Galvez Jr.,

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PSE index up, peso ends at P50.32 vs US dollar

June 1, 2020

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index ended higher on Monday. The peso finished at P50.32 against the US dollar from P50.61 on Friday. Volume at the foreign exchange portal of the Bankers Association of the Philippines reached $699.75 million from

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Landmark Department Store Reopened in Tokyo’s Ginza

May 31, 2020

Tokyo- Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Inc. reopened a landmark department store in Tokyo’s Ginza district on Saturday, after about a month and a half of closure amid the COVID-19 epidemic. The reopening came after a state of emergency over the coronavirus

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DOF secures US$4.55-B in newly contracted foreign loans for COVID-19 response

May 31, 2020

The Department of Finance (DOF) has secured a total of US$4.55 billion in newly contracted foreign loans  from multilateral lenders and the commercial markets as of mid-May this year to boost the government’s  ongoing efforts to suppress the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and provide

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PCCI head says CREATE to give PHL ‘fighting chance’ in attracting more investments

May 31, 2020

The head of the largest umbrella group of business organizations representing some 30,000 large and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across the country has sought the immediate congressional passage of the proposed Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act (CREATE), to give

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DOTr plans to open other international airports as Metro Manila shifts to GCQ

May 29, 2020

The Department of Transportation is eyeing to open other international airports in the country as Metro Manila transitions to general community quarantine starting next week. In a televised meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday night, DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade

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Business groups urge Congress to pass CREATE bill next week

May 29, 2020

A formidable group of 32 local and foreign business organizations have called on the Congress to act “quickly and decisively” in restoring market confidence and providing the “most direct, cost-efficient and instant relief” to enterprises suffering from the coronavirus pandemic’s economic fallout by passing the

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