Secretary Ramon M. Lopez Department of Trade and Industry (Photo from Mark Ches Ang) As another year unfolds, we make a list of things we want to achieve and resolutions we promise to keep — from living a healthier life to spending more time with our loved ones. Why not include a commitment to...
Manila mayoral candidate Alex Lopez said the renovation and the conversion of Manila Zoo into a vaccination site was a mistake. “Kung kulang ang pagkain sa hapag kainan, kulang ang trabaho, palagay ko ho hindi po napapanahon na itayo ang Manila Zoo, i-renovate for P1.7 billion, budget po ng...
ABS-CBN Corporation is raising P748 million from the sale of its treasury shares and PDRs (Philippine Depository Receipts) to interested qualified institutional buyers. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said its Board of Directors has approved the sale of 21.32 million of...
One of the first things that Vice President Leni Robredo will do is she wins in May 2022 is to issue an executive order declaring 'no mining' areas, effectively scrapping President Duterte’s 2021 order to lift the moratorium on mineral agreements. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) While she...
The inter-agency Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) has approved the grant of tax incentives to a P10-billion cement manufacturing project of San Miguel Equity Investments, Inc., the Department of Finance (DOF) announced. In a statement, the DOF said on Monday, Jan. 17, that the FIRB, upon the...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said the government will finalize within this month the Strategic Investment Priority Plan (SIPP) of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) law. In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said on Wednesday, Jan. 12, that the...
Second time's the charm for Andrea Brillantes. The actress is now certified TikTok Queen, topping the short-form video app's list of most-followed celebrities for 2021. Note that she also topped the list in 2020. Known for her cute dance covers, Andrea has earned an accumulated 140 million likes...
Samantha Lopez Samantha Lopez was recently awarded Outstanding Female TV Personality of the Year at the recent ASEAN Excellence Achievers Awards 2021, held at the Grand Ballroom of Okada Manila last Dec. 28, 2021. The actress/host is best remembered as Gracia, Eat Bulaga's Showdown Girl, before she...
By Secretary Ramon M. Lopez Department of Trade and Industry Photo by Mark Ches Ang As we navigate through this COVID-19 pandemic, we have always worked on how we can balance the need to protect lives and livelihood. Building back better has been our objective, and we believe that we can sustain...
Tax amnesty for the business sector, more efficient "ayuda" (aid) and social amelioration distribution, and other social welfare reform ordinances are some of the first Manila City ordinances that will be enacted by mayoral candidate Alex Lopez and his running mate Raymond Bagatsing, should they...
Rina Lopez-Bautista Knowledge Channel Foundation Inc. (KCFI) President and Executive Director Rina Lopez-Bautista was named one of "Asia's 2021 Heroes of Philanthropy" by the prestigious Forbes Asia magazine for her efforts at helping make quality education accessible to as many Filipino children,...
Lopez firm inks pact with Climargy for business solutions By Myrna M. Velasco Lopez-led energy solutions provider Pi Energy and specialist investment and development firm Climargy Inc. will be cementing another pioneering pathway in the institutionalization of energy efficiency and conservation...
