The persistence of African Swine Fever (ASF) did not only affect the Philippines’ hog production. Corn production, too, is now reeling from the impact of the dreaded animal virus. In the latest Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report, US Department of Agriculture's Foreign...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) should clear the air with all government agencies regarding the lifetime validity of birth certificates, Senator Joel Villanueva said on Sunday, March 14. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULELTIN) “It’s very clear that birth certificates should be...
Business process outsourcing company, MDS Call Solutions, Inc. (MDSCSI) takes its voice and digital services up a notch with Globe. MDSCSI collaborated with Globe’s enterprise arm, Globe Business, to support its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud migration and SMS Application Programming Interface...
Households and establishments in five barangays in Rodriguez, Rizal will have no water for nine hours starting March 11, Thursday, Manila Water announced. (UNSPLSH / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Water the water service interruption is due to the continuation of the leak repair activity at C. Reyes...
Third player DITO Telecommunity Corporation today (March 2) announced it will be commercially operational in 15 areas in Metro Cebu and Davao on Monday, March 8. The telco's service will launch its service in ten Metro Cebu areas: 1. Carcar, 2. Cebu City,3. Consolacion, 4. Danao, 5. Liloan, 6....
The central bank-monitored external debt service burden continued its decline, it fell by 15.49 percent year-on-year as of end-November 2020 to $6.452 billion from $7.635 billion. Based on Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data, principal payments totaled $4.385 billion, down by 8.53 percent from...
Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) launched its 5G roaming service in South Korea in partnership with KT Corp., Korea's largest telecommunications company. This year, as the world prepares to ease travel restrictions amid the worldwide vaccine rollout, Smart plans to launch more 5G roaming...
Pentagon’s Hui sporting short hair for his military service (Instagram, Twitter) K-pop boy band Pentagon’s leader Hui, 27, has enlisted in the military to fulfill the mandatory duty of all able-bodied Korean men. Hui entered the Nonsan Army Training Center in South Chungcheong province, South...
The government-funded transport subsidy for hog shipment is now available, but hog raisers must first follow a lengthy process. In a virtual briefing, Arnel De Mesa, assistant secretary for operations of the Department of Agriculture (DA), has discussed the process for availing the P21 per kilogram...
The Philippine Business for Education (PBED), the business community’s advocacy group for education reform, has launched a second phase of its online upskilling training program that will certify the competencies and skills of Filipino youth without college degrees. With funding from City...
Officials of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Federal Tax Service (FTS) of Russia have met recently to discuss the latter’s best practices that could be applied in the Philippines to further improve its tax administration and compliance. On orders of Finance...
The country’s external debt service burden fell to $6.09 billion as of end-October 2020 or 16.6 percent lower from same time in 2019 of $7.30 billion, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) show. Principal payments dropped 9.95 percent to $4.15 billion from $4.61 billion while interest...
