Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez just gave a timely assist to local construction companies amid the alleged skyrocketing of metal prices in the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez (Ali Vicoy / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Ayala Group of Companies has started its vaccination program and over 2,000 employees of who belong to the A4 (economic frontliners) category have begun receiving jabs of the COVID-19 vaccine last June 14. Ayala Corporation The vaccines were given at the UP-Ayala Land TechnoHub in partnership...
The Aboitiz Group, together with a coalition of public-private sector partners under the Taskforce T3 (test, trace, treat), has pledged support to the government’s efforts to initiate the vaccination of the A4 priority sector. The commitment was formalized on June 7 through a hybrid event held...
Majority of Philippine companies are not in a rush to mandate COVID-19 vaccination among employees, citing employers’ concerns about the safety of the vaccines as one of the major reasons for it. A Mercer survey conducted in February 2021 revealed that Philippine employers are not rushing to make...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is seeking passage of a measure that would open up the country’s electricity market by lifting the public offering requirement provision in the Electric Power Industry Reform Act or EPIRA Law to lure more generation companies into investing in the Philippines....
Vaccination sites set up by private firms in Makati City will be required by the city government to abide by the standards set by the Department of Health (DOH), Mayor Abigail “Abby” Binay said on Friday (June 3). (Mayor Abby Binay/My Makati Facebook page) The City Council, according to Binay,...
Aboitiz Construction on Wednesday, (May 26) announced it has finished the design and construction of Berth no. 4 for Davao International Container Terminal (DICT) in Panabo City, Davao del Norte. Â Â The DICT is one of the most modern ports in the country and the project is an extension of...
Members of the House Committee on Trade and Commerce on Monday called for additional funding support to local companies producing personal protective equipment (PPEs) to enable the industry to meet the country’s needs for protective health gears in the face of a continuing coronavirus (COVID-19)...
The Ayala group of companies has turned over to Marinduque the province’s first and only molecular lab which is expected to drastically cut down the waiting period for COVID-19 testing. It usually to take 7 to 14 days to wait for COVID-19 test results since these have to be done through...
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination of private employees will start in June as about 17 million AstraZeneca doses will start to arrive next month, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Secretary Joey Concepcion said on Tuesday, May 4. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship...
Businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan has opened the MVP Group’s emergency quarantine facility with 240 individual air-conditioned quarantine tents and beds in Antipolo, Rizal for employees with asymptomatic to mild cases of COVID-19. This emergency quarantine facility will help decongest hospitals in...
The True MVPs: Frontliners from Metro Pacific hospitals and government hospitals alike receive daily meals from Chairman Manny V. Pangilinan and Tulong Kapatid, the corporate social responsibility alliance of foundations and companies under the MVP Group of Companies, as a show of support for their...
