Gyms, personal grooming services, tutorial, review centers under GCQ allowed to resume operations starting Sept. 1 – DTI
August 31, 2020
Establishments, such as gyms, tutorial centers and those which offer personal grooming services in places under general community quarantine are allowed to operate again starting September 1, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said on Monday. However, such businesses have to operate
IATF looking into one month duration of quarantine classifications for “stability” – DTI chief
August 31, 2020
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases is mulling to impose new quarantine classifications for one month starting September in order to have more stability, an official said on Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte is set to
DTI pushes for lifting of chicken products ban from Brazil to prevent shortage
August 31, 2020
The Department of Trade and Industry has asked the Agriculture department to lift the ban on chicken products imported from Brazil to avoid possible shortage, which can result to higher prices. In the televised “Laging Handa” program at state-run television
DOF welcomes DOLE-commissioned study showing CREATE bill will generate jobs, lower poverty incidence
August 30, 2020
The reduction in the corporate income tax (CIT) rate complemented by an overhaul in the tax incentives system for companies will propel economic growth, create more jobs, and lower poverty incidence, according to a study commissioned by the Department of
PSE index finishes lower; peso at P48.52:$1
August 26, 2020
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index ended 22.11 points lower at 5,931.33 on Wednesday. The peso finished at P48.52 against the US dollar from P48.50. Volume at the foreign exchange portal of the Bankers Association of the Philippines reached $481.50
DOF thanks Congress for Bayanihan 2 passage, seeks support on remainingĀ economic recovery bills
August 26, 2020
The Department of Finance (DOF) has lauded the Senate and the House of Representatives for passing a fiscally responsible Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2, the measure that grants special powers anew to President Duterte to best
Future gov’t subsidy programs must be digitized – DOF chief
August 25, 2020
The government’s future subsidy programs must be digitized to minimize corruption, said Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez. In a taped televised meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte in Davao City on Monday night, which was aired Tuesday morning, Dominguez gave an update
Ayala, Pangilinan assure additional telephone hotlines for govt’s COVID-19 One Hospital Command Center
August 24, 2020
Business tycoons Fernado Zobel de Ayala and Manuel V. Pangilinan assured on Monday that their respective telecommunication firms will provide more telephone hotlines to government’s One Hospital Command Center. The two made the assurance after Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque put
