Only 16 of the 219 aviation industry operators, who were identified as critically impacted business owners in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, got financial assistance from the P300 million allotted by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) and received P52.8 million in “excess...
Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles has recovered from Covid-19, she said on Monday, Aug. 22. Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles (Photo courtesy of the Office of Press Secretary) Angeles tested negative for the disease after undergoing a seven-day mandatory isolation. She said she is back to work...
EDITORS DESK The Facebook Page of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, the Executive Pastor of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, the Name above every Name, is now back online. It suddenly disappeared from the social media platform recently. The MB Technews story about the missing Facebook page ...
32033 More than 1,000 NCR-based workers in the IT manufacturing and construction sectors received their first jabs as part of the “Reform. Rebound. Recover: 1M Jobs (1MJ) Project”. The workers belong to the Philippine Constructors Association (PCA) and Semiconductor and Electronics Industries...
Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad, administrator of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD), has finally been released from his isolation room after recovering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), he disclosed Wednesday, Sept. 8. Office of Civil Defense Administrator Ricardo Jalad (File photo by NDRRMC /...
With the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (RA 11494) signed into law, a P10- billion fund has been allotted to The Small Business Corporation (SBCorp), the government’s micro financing arm. SBCorp announced it will start rolling out on Monday, October 26, the P10-billion fund to ensure...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has issued rules on review of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) under Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2). The new rules took effect yesterday. The new rules detail the exemptions from compulsory notification and motu proprio review,...
The Duterte administration has requested for a fresh provisional advance from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in the amount of P540 billion. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno. (Bloomberg file photo) “The NG has requested for fresh provisional advance of P540...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) will no longer review mergers and acquisitions with transaction value of less than P50 billion following the suspension of the exercise of this function under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2). Instead, PCC said will issue the...
