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...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, October 14, laid out her plans for the first 100 days in office if she’s elected president in the 2022 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo is the guest speaker during the Rotary Club of Manila’s virtual membership meeting on October 14, 2021. (Rotary Club...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has tweaked the rules for the so-called "green lanes" for passengers arriving from abroad effective Oct. 14, 2021. Ninoy Aquino International Airport, the Philippine's main gateway (Photo from PNA) Harry Roque,...
The Philippines’s food service sector is expected to shrink further this year to $7.4 billion following a 44 percent fall in 2020, on the weight of the spread of COVID-19’s Delta variant as well as the government’s abrupt implementation of different quarantine restrictions. This is according...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has advised the public that there are no available passport appointment slots yet for the remaining days of October until December this year and that booking their slots are free. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) In an advisory written in Filipino,...
The Philippine Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) have teamed up to encourage Dubai-based international investors to look at the Philippines as an agribusiness destination. Photo from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) According to the Department...
The Philippines is seen importing more chicken meat until end this year despite declining demand, data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) showed. The latest forecast of USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) in Manila (Post) showed that the Philippines’ “chicken meat...
The Korean Embassy in the Philippines will be celebrating the Korean National Day in the country on Oct. 3. Due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the event will be held online. Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Kim Inchul (right) and Foreign Affairs Sec. Teodoro Locsin Jr. (Korean...
For more than six decades, one of the country’s leading pawnshops, Villarica has continuously served the Filipino public with a host of services that have evolved with the changing, and digital, times as well as the needs of the Filipinos. Boasting of having one of the highest, if not the highest...
Starting today, Sept. 24, releasing of all passports at the Office of Consular Affairs (OCA) in ASEANA Business Park will be relocated to the Ground Floor of the Double Dragon Plaza building along Macapagal Blvd. in Pasay City. Philippine passport In an advisory, the Department of Foreign Affairs...
The Philippines is seen importing more rice in the coming months amid expectations of improving economic conditions despite the prolonged pandemic. 34306 In the updated forecast of US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) here in Manila (Post), the Philippines rice...
