Today is the 47th anniversary of Philippine-China relations and the 21st commemoration of the Filipino-Chinese Friendship Day. Both are celebrated on June 9. In 1975, it was also on this same day when the two nations established diplomatic relations; while in 2002, by virtue of Proclamation No. 148...
Vice President-elect and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte on Wednesday, June 8, commended China’s role in the Philippines’ recovery efforts especially during the Covid-19 pandemic that battered most sectors and industries. Vice President-elect Sara Duterte (Photo from Lakas-CMD Media) In a speech...
Vice President Leni Robredo has reminded Filipinos and the Chinese community that challenges to the nation's onward progress are not overcome through disputes but through unity and camaraderie. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) In her message for the Chinese New Year on Tuesday, Feb. 1,...
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the country’s largest and most influential business organization, has joined the call of other business groups for deeper investigation and ensure transparency in the sale of Malampaya shares. pcci “Malampaya involves a lot of questions...
Philippine business and labor groups have passed a joint resolution calling on the Duterte administration to act on 11 recommendations, including addressing corruption and passage of Bayanihan 3, to ensure safe reopening of the domestic economy and protect lives. The 10 groups under the Leaders’...
Only less than 100,000 displaced workers in the National Capital Region (NCR) will remain jobless, but some 300,000 employees are returning to work with the further easing of restrictions and reopening of more establishments at higher operating capacity starting Saturday, Oct. 16. “With most of...
Top business, trade and labor leaders have come together and issued a joint appeal to President Rodrigo Duterte to immediately release the Executive Order (EO) deferring the increase in the Social Security System (SSS) monthly contributions of both employees and workers. pcci The September 27, 2021...
A businessman was arrested for allegedly selling COVID-19 vaccination slots in Manila, police reported Monday. (Photo courtesy of Manila Police District Special Mayor’s Reaction Team / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Police District Special Mayor’s Reaction Team (SMART) conducted an entrapment...
Community pantry at Chinese General Hospital In the spirit of goodwill and the bayanihan drive, the Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center (CGHMC) rolled out its very own employees’ pantry earlier this month. A joint project together with the CGH Employees Association-UFSW, the pantry is...
The business sector is asking the government to accelerate COVID-19 vaccination because they are already in the “last phase,” stressing that adding six months or one year more of quarantine would mean closures of most enterprises to the detriment of more Filipinos, especially the poor. ...
Filipino-Chinese businessmen in the country strongly throw their support behind the decision of the government’s economic managers to de-escalate Metro Manila under the general community quarantine (GCQ) to modified GCQ (MGCQ) to quickly and decisively revive the Philippine economy. In a...
Local businesses are strongly supporting initiatives to reopen further the Philippine economy, which has suffered from long lockdowns and quarantines due to COVID-19. “We, the undersigned, express our strong support for the initiatives of the Duterte administration to open the Philippine economy...
