A non-government organization composed of rice traders has expressed readiness to work with the government to provide consumers with affordable and quality rice after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s imposition of a price cap on rice. (Keith Bacongco/File Photo/MANILA BULLETIN) In...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left,) Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez gave a glimpse into the mindset of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. that explained why the latter implemented a price...
Cases of prank orders and other incidents that would end up delivery riders being scammed are among the reasons why app-based delivery services put up some measures to protect their partners. In the case of Grab Philippines, it said the P1,000 order cap was meant to protect delivery-partners from...
Have you tried ordering food in bulk on Grab Food for a special occasion, such as Valentine's Day, only to have certain merchants reject your order because it exceeded the cost of P1,000? Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Facebook) Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares Have all the CCTVs monitoring major streets and intersections in Quezon City been deactivated? If those are still on, then no one must be viewing the traffic problem along Quezon Avenue – specifically around the area entering the underpass at Araneta...
House Ways and Means Chair Rep. Joey Salceda told incoming Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan Ople and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma to lift the deployment ban on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). (Photo from Joey Salceda's Facebook)...
The deployment cap for healthcare workers must be set at 5,000 per year, the president of a group of private hospitals said on Thursday, June 16. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) This is lower than the current 7,500 cap set by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) in February....
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ recent decision to maintain the two percent cap or 24 percent per year ceiling on credit card interest rates and charges is beneficial to cardholders who are still coping with the harsh economic impact of the past two years’ battle with the coronavirus pandemic....
Broadband internet service provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. has made it to the highly-watched MSCI Global Standard Index, the only Philippine company added to the standard (large cap index) counter in its latest rebalancing while three other Philippine firms made it to the small cap index....
Anakalusugan partylist Rep. Mike Defensor on Sunday renewed his call for the government to scrap the annual cap on the deployment of 7,000 on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) as he said it is unconstitutional. Defensor said Filipinos should enjoy the right to live and work wherever "they can achieve...
The government is urged to allow flexible arrival caps for arriving overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the country in order not to overwhelm embassies abroad due to stranded nationals. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Non-profit advocacy group Go Negosyo appealed to the government on...
The government's pandemic task force has approved the recommendation to increase the annual deployment ceiling of new-hire healthcare workers to 7,000, Malacañang announced. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement after the Philippine...
