The Senate Committee on Labor and Employment on Thursday, March 10 advised the government to temporarily withdraw its ultimatum for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies to end work from home (WFH) arrangements of their employees or lose tax incentives. Villanueva, committee chairman, said...
The vaccination campaign against Covid-19 has been further expanded as the national government now allows the inoculation of employees in their workplaces. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. speaks during the launching of the "Jabs in Job Sites" vaccination campaign against Covid-19 at the...
Tiendesitas has partnered with Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI), and the Veterinary Services and City Health Departments of the local government of Pasig to celebrate Rabies Awareness Month this March. The Rabies Awareness Month annual celebration is an activity of the...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim A couple of recent technology-related developments gave a new dimension to the word 'mining.' One is related to bitcoin where mining is done to create more bitcoins and at the same time confirm transactions on the currency’s network making it more trustworthy. The other...
The newly signed Amended Foreign Investments Act (FIA) has created an Inter Agency Investment Promotion Coordination Committee (IIPCC), which will establish a comprehensive marketing plan in the promotion of investments into the country as the law opens up economic sectors to 100 percent foreign...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday urged the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) to uphold the integrity of the country's gaming industry as he backs calls for the suspension of all online cockfighting activities pending the investigation into the cases of the 31 missing...
Senator Cynthia Villar recently lauded hobbyists, suppliers, manufacturers and other stakeholders in the Philippine game fowl industry for helping keep the activity alive even at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Villar hailed the game fowl enthusiasts for keeping the industry active during the...
A deescalation to Alert Level 1 in the National Capital Region and key cities and provinces would readily create 500,000 jobs, but this should ramp up to 800,000 over time or close to recovering the employment lost during the pandemic in the entire country, Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M....
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has chosen K-pop superstars BTS as the 2021 Global Recording Artist of the Year, becoming the first Korean act to bag the award for two straight years. According to IFPI, the award is based on “an artist’s or group’s worldwide...
Senatorial candidate Herbert “Bistek” Bautista on Thursday called on telecommunication companies in the Philippines to ensure unimpeded communication between the estimated 300 Filipinos in Ukraine and their families here as tension between Russia and Ukraine rages. Bautista appealed to the...
The inter-agency body tasked to oversee and set the investment strategy of the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund (CFITF) vowed to optimize the use of the coco levy fund for the benefit of the coconut farmers. In a statement Thursday, Feb. 24, the Department of Finance (DOF) said the Trust...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has received a monetary donation from the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Philippines Inc. (JCCIPI) that seeks to support the relief and recovery efforts for the families affected by Typhoon Odette. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) PRC...
