Food has always been the first to come to mind when one starts to think of going into business. Foremost, it will never run out of demand. As such, so many have tried their luck to partake in this kind of business. Entrepreneurs Eduardo and Teresita Ngan Tian decided to go into the food business....
The government will "carefully" look into the appeal of fitness center owners to allow them to reopen at a limited operation capacity under the alert levels system, officials said Monday, Sept. 20. FITNESS INSPECTION-- Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Benhur Abalos leads the...
Malacanang has ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Cooperation (RCEP), a mega free trade deal seeking to grant zero duty on goods traded among 15 countries that account for 29 percent of global gross domestic product. The document was ratified by President Rodrigo Duterte on September 2...
EU hints resumption of trade negotiations with PH The EU said it is currently assessing the possible resumption of bilateral trade negotiations with the Philippines as the 27-European country union steps up its strategic engagement with the Indo-Pacific region. European Union (EU) In its Joint...
It was a year ago when I started this weekly column promoting consumer advocacy . My maiden column written on September 19,2020 was titled Knowing your Consumer Rights .I wrote that an informed consumer who feels aggrieved in a business transaction should know ...
Allowing fully-vaccinated individuals in limited dine-in and personal care services in areas under alert level 4 is not a discriminatory move, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said Tuesday, Sept. 14. A restaurant staff cleans a table after the IATF allowed indoor dining in NCR at limited...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has approved the creation of the "Task Force on Oxygen Supply". A pair of oxygen tanks. (Photo by Moo Shua/ Unsplash) This was bared by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday, Sept. 10 during a virtual...
The Departments of Health and Trade and Industry should put in place mechanisms that would make sure testing laboratories will comply with the reduced price cap for real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) or swab tests, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Thursday, Sept....
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) urged manufacturers to consider calls not to increase the prices of Christmas products in the country this year. (Photo via Unsplash) "Panawagan sa manufacturers baka gusto nila na wag munang gumalaw ng presyo for Christmas products this year or kung...
The increasing cost of packaging materials, including tin can, was the major reason behind the price hike of basic commodities, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said. Aside from this, the department stressed that the last increase on the suggested retail prices (SRPs) of basic goods was...
Before allowing vaccinated individuals to avail of dine-in and personal care service in areas under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), a certain target in vaccination must be reached first, according to Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos. MMDA...
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) is calling for startup applications to a recently launched incubation program seen to help increase the transfer of patented technologies to benefit local startups. Called the IPHatch Competition, the program is held by Singapore-based...
