As internet use at home intensifies—fueled by video meetings, online classes, streaming, gaming and the continued shift to work-from-home arrangements—households now have access to faster PLDT Home Fiber Prepaid speeds of up to 300 Mbps to support multiple devices and daily digital activities....
Filipina entrepreneurs—many of them mothers—are powering the Philippine economy, owning 66% of existing businesses and 62 percent of newly registered enterprises. Yet despite this outsized contribution, many women-led MSMEs struggle to scale due to limited access to capital, gaps in digital...
Pag-IBIG Fund is continuing its housing fair series in South Luzon and the Visayas, with the South Luzon fair set on April 27 and 28 at the Jose Rizal Coliseum in Calamba City, Laguna, and the Visayas fair scheduled on April 30 and May 1 at the IEC Convention Center Cebu. The two fairs will each...
Summer is back, and so is the need to stay cool while managing energy use. This season, SM Home introduces its Smart Summer Home Masterclass, offering practical tips on cooling spaces, saving energy, and improving everyday living. SM Home launches the second installment of its Masterclass series,...
Pag-IBIG Fund Chief Executive Officer Marilene C. Acosta addresses participants during the consultative meeting for Project BALAY: Bridging Access to Learning, held on April 15, 2026, at the CHED Auditorium in Quezon City. The initiative, a strategic partnership between Pag-IBIG Fund and the...
Home Credit Philippines is making high‑performance technology more accessible to more Filipinos. With its exclusive pre-order offer for the new MacBook Neo, customers can own the latest Apple laptop early while spreading payments through flexible installments starting at just ₱44 a day. This...
The Davao City government will adopt a flexible work arrangement every Friday starting April 17 as part of its energy conservation measures. In an advisory posted on its official Facebook page on Wednesday, April 15, the city government said regular office hours from Monday to Thursday will remain...
The government’s move to expand the work-from-home (WFH) limit for companies based in ecozones to as much as 90 percent further strengthens foreign companies’ confidence that the Philippines will safeguard their investments amid global turbulence, the American Chamber of Commerce of the...
Business process outsourcing (BPO) firms and ecozone locators welcomed the expanded work-from-home (WFH) policy, saying the move will help ease rising operating costs and support business continuity amid an energy crunch. This, after the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) approved the expansion...
The interagency Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) has allowed registered business enterprises (RBEs) in economic zones and freeports to temporarily adopt work-from-home (WFH) arrangements of up to 90 percent of their workforce, following the declaration of a national energy emergency. In a...
School-based non-teaching and related teaching personnel will now be covered by the Department of Education’s (DepEd) work-from-home (WFH) arrangement every Friday, under an updated memorandum that also directs schools to maintain uninterrupted operations. In a memorandum posted on Thursday...
In adherence to the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to provide timely and meaningful assistance to overseas Filipino workers affected by the conflict in the Middle East, Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Secretary Jose Ramon P. Aliling, who also chairs the...
