KMC Savills report The local warehousing and logistics industry continues to be the ‘saving grace’ of the Philippine economy, with investment pledges for transportation and storage growing almost nine-fold in 2020, according to a real estate and brokerage firm. In its...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) vowed to double its efforts to further make positive changes in the Ease of Doing Business (EODB) situation in the country as the agency cited the Philippines' continued performance in the said arena. ARTA ARTA Director-General Jeremiah Belgica made the statement...
The Department of Health (DOH) is encouraging those individuals who received the Ivermectin capsules during a distribution event in Quezon City last Thursday to report any adverse effects that they may experience after taking the anti-parasitic drug. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) DOH Undersecretary...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned the public on risks linked with the use of some medicines in treatment against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), including drugs bought online and from unauthorized sources. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) The country’s food and drug regulatory...
The Philippine has dropped one place in terms of gender equality but still maintains its position as the top performing Asian country, according to the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Gender Report 2021. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) The report showed that the country has closed 78.4...
The Duterte administration will deliver a total of 163 infrastructure projects worth P88.76 billion this year, either in partial or full commercial operation, according to Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade. At the Sulong Pilipinas: Pre-SONA for Economic Development and Infrastructure...
Although the aviation industry's performance in 2020 was adversely impacted by severe reduction in flight numbers due to the pandemic restrictions, flying remained safe, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said. “Flying is safe, although the industry did take a step back on...
The Philippines retains its number one rank as country with most women in senior management in 2021 and further improving the number of Filipina business leaders to 48 percent from 43 percent in 2020, according to Grant Thornton’s annual Women in Business report. The report cited the Philippine...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has reminded foreign nationals registered with it that they have only until March 1 to appear in person before the agency for their 2021 annual report. Bureau of Immigration (BI) (MANILA BULLETIN) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said the submission of annual report will...
Business optimism in the Philippines still remained sluggish with less than 50 percent of mid-market businesses have slightly or very optimistic outlook for the next 12 months. The latest figures from Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR) which gathers responses from nearly 5000...
Let's look back to some style trends and moments that still made this year a celebration of Filipino fashion End of the year already? Honestly, we wish we could say that the months just flew by. But with the aftermath of all the things that has happened and with Covid-19 still looming on the...
The Philippines moved up a notch to 48th in the latest global talent ranking where the country was shown scoring the worst performance in most subfactors related to investments and development in the education sector. Now on its 7th edition, the annual Talent Ranking Report 2020 by the Institute...
