Times have changed indeed. After more than two years of the pandemic, business will never be the same. Customers have been used to utilizing digital channels to buy and use products; but at the same time, they look for physical interactions. Employees want to continue the hybrid model of working....
For paying the right taxes to the municipal government despite the pandemic, local businesses were recognized during the recent Independence Day rites in Tanay, Rizal. Photo courtesy of Nel Andrade / MANILA BULLETIN Outgoing Mayor Rex Manuel Tanjuatco lauded the top five tax payers for 2020 and...
The Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) welcomed the decision of Concentrix, a major business process outsourcing (BPO) firm, to give up its tax perks in exchange for a continued hybrid work setup for its employees. Finance Assistant Secretary and FIRB Secretariat Juvy Danofrata said...
Six Civil Society Organizations (CSO) and Homeowners Associations (HOA) in Pasig City participated in the "Ready Set Go: Negosyo ng CSO," a business seminar organized by the local government to help small businesses such as fruit stores and carinderias in the city thrive. Photo courtesy of Mayor...
Philippine Business Bank (PBB) reported a 93.4 percent jump in net income to P310 million in the first quarter of 2022 from P160 million in the same period last year as core income grew to P732.3 million from P725.2 million. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said its net...
Most businessmen, nine-in-ten, think they can get back their hostaged data if they pay when attacked by ransomware. They will even cough up cash faster if they had been victimized before, according to a study. Specifically, business leaders in 88 percent of organizations previously attacked by...
For the first three months of 2022 alone, Globe Telco hauled ₱791 million revenues from its non-telco subsidiaries, triple the amount it posted in the same period in 2021. This also marked the first quarter that non-telco services showed significant contribution to the company's topline, driven...
Re-electionist Senator Joel Villanueva on Sunday, May 1 said that a “post-pandemic Filipino workforce” is emerging in the country coming from the past two years and is bound to influence a shift in Philippine labor policy and business practices. As such, Villanueva, chair of the Senate...
The Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) is not bowing down to pressure as the interagency body stood firm on its decision that the work-from-home (WFH) setup for registered information technology-business process outsourcing (IT-BPO) firms was only temporary. In a statement on Thursday, April 28,...
Parañaque City's 1st District Rep. Eric Olivarez vowed that there will be no increase in business permit and real property tax in the next three years of his administration if he wins as mayor. Olivarez gave the assurance after local and foreign businessmen, as well as real property owners, asked...
More than two years into the pandemic, organizations in the Philippines are now slowly going back to their offices. With Metro Manila and most parts of the country now on Alert Level 1 the most lenient restrictions set by the authorities amid the current health crisis, companies are starting to...
Many individuals in an agricultural country like the Philippines make a living from agriculture-related enterprises. However, not everyone understands what it takes to run a sustainable food business. Photo by Dan Gold on Unsplash. Building a sustainable food brand was covered in the fourth episode...
