The South Korean government is poised to ease restrictions on the entry of foreign workers as local companies have suffered from labor shortage due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The Philippines is one of the sending countries to South Korea under the Employment Permit System...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported that no Filipinos were hurt when a man in a Joker costume launched an attack on a train in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, October 31. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) The DFA made the assurance following reports that 17 people were injured during a knife...
Government borrowings grew at a much slower pace in the first nine months of the year as the need for additional financing to augment the country’s coronavirus war chest started to wane, data from the Bureau of the Treasury revealed. The Duterte administration’s gross borrowings in January to...
A male owner of a travel agency was arrested in an entrapment operation on Friday, October 29, for supposedly fixing online appointment slots with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for passport renewal applicants, the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) reported. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA...
Foreign portfolio investments in September reversed to a net outflow of $24 million versus the previous month’s net inflow of $12 million, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Thursday, Oct. 28. 42027 The $24 million net outflows are lower than the $494 million net outflows registered in...
A new international air travel policy will be implemented in the United States starting Nov. 8, moving away from the country-by-country restrictions previously applied in the foreign land, the US Embassy in the Philippines said. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Through a series of tweets...
The continued recovery of foreign direct investment (FDI) this year is an indicator of the Philippines’ solid long-term prospects, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Based on the latest DOF economic bulletin, the department noted that the country’s FDI sustained its robust growth in January...
The foreign vaccine developers that will be assisting local pharmaceutical companies in setting up a “fill and finish” facility for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines may be known soon, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Saturday, Oct. 23. (UNSPLASH/MANILA BULLETIN FILE)...
Tech entrepreneurs (techpreneurs) of Filipino heritage made waves in the Silicon Slopes Summit held on October 14 to 15, 2021, in Utah. Philippines-based cofounder of Yield Guild Games Gabby Dizon presents the business model in gaming “Play to Earn,” which allows players to convert their time...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. did not mince his words after learning that there are still fixers of passport appointments, saying he will nail their asses to the wall regardless of who their protectors are. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
Presidential aspirant Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said he will pursue amendments to the Foreign Investment Act if he gets elected as president. In a televised interview, Dela Rosa said that part of economic programs would be to allow more foreign investors to invest in micro, small and...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said the Philippines needs the passage of key economic reform measures to bring in more capital and spur job creation in the medium- to long-term. Finance Undersecretary Gil S. Beltran said Friday, Oct. 15, that Congress should pass the amendments to the Foreign...
