PPP CENTER As the pandemic widened the country's infrastructure gap, the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center this year added five more projects worth P22.91 billion to its pipeline, bringing the grand total to 63 projects worth P7.243 trillion. The additional projects include the Tourism...
A total of 51 agriculture groups – composed of farmers, fishers, and producers – have joined forces to sign a petition against the mega trade deal, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). The groups think the deal will result in further “import surges, price depressions, and...
Aplus hangar 1214 Aviation Partnership Philippines (Aplus), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cebu Pacific (CEB), inaugurated an improved hangar on Friday, Dec. 14, to gear up for the recovery of the travel sector after the pandemic lockdowns. Last month, Aplus completed the renovation of its...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) cited the need to continue improving the mechanisms and systems put in place for the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) to further reach more beneficiaries. Cabinet Secretary Carlo Alexei Nograles, representatives of...
A coalition of nearly a hundred agricultural organizations based across different parts of the country has made an appeal to the senate to delay its concurrence to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). In a statement, Bayanihan sa Agrikultura said “the country will never gain...
LRT-1 kiosks to accept beep™ payments, load_photo3-1 For more convenient commuting, LRT-1 private operator Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC), in partnership with AF Payments, Inc. (AFPI), is piloting the use of LRT-1 merchants as new channels for beep™ payment and loading. Under this...
A group of farmers has threatened not to support re-electionist senators if they will not junk the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a mega trade deal. In a statement, the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) urged the Senate to reject the RCEP trade agreement when it is presented for...
The opposition coming from the farmers’ groups against the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has intensified, with as many as 45 groups with thousands of members combined claiming they were not consulted about the Philippines’ commitments on the treaty as...
The Philippines and the United Kingdom (UK) have agreed to launch an "enhanced partnership" on trade and investment, technology, security and defense, and coronavirus (COVID-19) response, among others. UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro...
The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) urged the Senate to defer the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement pending the conduct of consultations with farmers. 42933 In a statement, the FFF pointed out that the Department of Agriculture (DA) has not...
MPIO Photo The City of Manila and Microsoft forged a partnership on Oct. 27, 2021 to digitally transform the capital and empower over two million citizens. “Manila has taken on an enormous challenge in their ambition to become a smart city and we're supporting their transformation efforts," says...
It's never easy. With Rissa Mananquil-Trillo's exit announcement as one of the partners of the well-loved brand Happy Skin which just celebrated its eighth year, Happy Skin wishes her well with this official statement. "While Rissa has not been working with Happy Skin since March of 2020, we will...
