The Philippines ranked fourth as potential location site for EU businesses among countries in ASEAN, which also lost steam as EU favorite with new regions also being eyed as good sites for global supply chain relocation, a 2020 EU-ASEAN Business Sentiment Survey showed. Photo credit:...
Registered business enterprises (RBEs) of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) accounted for 94.5 percent of all exports of the country and also received most of the tax incentives of between P42.5 billion to P50.3 billion each year from 2016-2018, according to a cost benefit analysis...
Congress should immediately pass the two pending measures of the Duterte administration to help the pandemic-hit businesses that are mainly micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Assistant Secretary Antonio Joselito Lambino II said the Corporate...
The 46th Philippine Business Conference (PBC) has approved three resolutions including converting idle lands and parks in urban cities into vegetable plots for the unemployed and marginalized to ensure continuous food supply in the country and help ease poverty during this pandemic. Photo...
Panay Energy Development Corporation (PEDC), a subsidiary of Global Business Power Corporation (GBP), was bestowed highest compliance rating among coal-fired power plants in the country, on its adherence to the rules being enforced by the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market. The company, in a...
It’s a mobile cafe with 10 percent of the proceeds going to alternative learning tools No matter what situation we are in, there is always a choice to “sink or swim.” Father-of-two John Eric Enopia chose the latter. He hasn’t turned back since. With more-than-the-usual free time in his...
GCash-Pioneer webinar. GCash, the leading mobile wallet in the country, has launched its partnership with Payoneer creating seamless global to local payment transactions. With over 20 million GCash users and 63,000...
Prime Global Corp. (PGC), which owns the leading homegrown condiments brand Barrio Fiesta, seeks to dominate the food sauces and package foods categories in the next three years by further expanding its operations despite challenging times. Photo credit: https://primeglobal.ph/ At present, Barrio...
Due to mounting losses through the years, the ritzy Tower Club, which has the country’s top business owners and executives in its roster of members, is planning to permanently close “due to growing operating losses through the years.” In a statement, Tower Club Inc. said its shareholders have...
So turn your baked sushi, ube cheese pandesal, milky donuts, and even your abaca face masks, anything at all, into a brand, but first have a strong vision. When the pandemic happened, we were caught off guard. We didn't know how to deal with our economic situation the first few months, unsure...
Amid the lockdown, quarantine, travel restrictions, and business closures, a star has risen to save the day: the home cook. Often someone’s aunt, mother, grandma, sister, brother, uncle, or son, the home cook is the one known among family and friends for one or more dishes prepared in a...
Ampy Fernandez, 60, a resident of Brgy. Culiat Quezon City, cooks puto't dinuguan at home to accomodate her friend's order. In a span of six months, many Filipinos have become bosses of their own businesses thanks to layoffs and companies shutting down. Here's a revelation—Filipinos really...
