growsari B2B E-commerce startup GrowSari has completed a raise of USD 77.5M as part of its Series C funding, bringing the total funding to around USD 110M, the largest raise in the B2B and MSME space in the Philippines and amongst the largest in the region. “We are very grateful for the...
Was the failure of presidential candidate Senator Panfilo Lacson to produce P800 million for Partido Reporma the real reason former Speaker Pantaleon ‘’Bebot’’ Alvarez switched his support from the lawmaker to his rival, Vice President Leni Robredo? ‘’His (Alvarez’s) chief of staff...
For senatorial candidate Herbert Bautista, the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that failed to get off the ground because of the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic deserve a second chance--and fresh funding. Senatorial candidate Herbert Bautista (Lakas-CMD Media) “For example, March of...
The problems concerning the country’s healthcare sector that were exposed during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic will remain high up on the list of priorities of Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfilo ‘"Ping" Lacson and running mate Senate President Vicente Sotto III even as the...
Filipino pole vault Olympian EJ Obiena has lamented the current system inside the National Sports Association (NSA) that left him being questioned over the management of his funds as a national athlete. Obiena on Tuesday, Dec. 4, called on lawmakers during a House Committee on Youth and Sports...
A group of education workers is pushing an additional funding amounting to P2 billion to increase the honoraria and allowances of poll workers in the 2022 national and local elections. (Photo from DepEd) “Our teachers will yet again be at the frontlines of another election,” Alliance of...
The Philippine environment department has led other Asian countries in the second climate fund replenishment talks as they sought funding support for developing countries to meet the 2030 international environmental goals. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Sec. Roy Cimatu said...
The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) approved P38.28-billion financing assistance to 110 Local Government Units (LGUs) for the first six months of 2021 to hasten the country's economic recovery. The bank granted the funding support via its Assistance for Economic and Social Development...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST) has called on all Filipino researchers who have proposals related to sustainable food production and climate change resilience to share their research work for the upcoming Meet My Lab x JFS...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is now looking for funds that it can use as source for "ayuda" or cash aid to workers that would be affected by the impending imposition of an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in some parts of the country, including the National Capital Region (NCR)....
House lawmakers on Wednesday grilled the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on why it accepted funding from the Bloomberg external international groups, in exchange for the issuance of pre-defined policies against the tobacco industry, which is prohibited under the law. During the House Committee...
