The government is planning to tap savings of agencies to augment programs related to addressing the coronavirus outbreak, including relief aid to the affected poor families. A resident of Makati City receives a first shot of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine from a health worker at the Makati Medical...
As the deadline set by the national government for the distribution of financial aid looms, the Parañaque City government said it will complete it before the end of this week. In a text message sent by City Administrator Ding Soriano, he said 80 percent of the city's beneficiaries have received...
The banking sector’s assets continue to increase at P19.439 trillion as of end-first quarter, up by 5.62 percent from same period last year of P18.404 trillion, based on Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data. Banks’ gross total loan portfolio fell by 1.9 percent year-on-year to P10.658...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is eyeing the approval of around 100,000 more applications for cash aid under its COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) for the tourism sector. (Ellson Quismorio/ File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) DOLE Information and Publication Service (IPS) Dir....
Over P221 million cash assistance for more than 44,000 tourism workers in the Western Visayas have been approved by the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to assist them amid the ongoing pandemic. (Photo from Department of Tourism / MANILA BULLETIN) A...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said there is a necessity for Filipinos to own their own bank account or become a virtual wallet holder so more people can engage in cashless transactions. Since digital payments have been the norm since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic started last year, Gatchalian...
President Duterte wants Filipinos to think twice before lining up to community pantries, comparing it to a “wholesale” where one can get food items along with the coronavirus that has infected more than a million people since last year. Although he did not directly refer to the community...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) announced on Labor Day, May 1, that more than 400,000 tourism workers who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic were approved to receive a one-time financial aid worth P5,000 under a joint program by the DOT and the Department of Labor...
Users can now make instant cash-ins to their GrabPay wallet for free by linking it to their bank accounts (Banco de Oro (BDO), Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) and Unionbank) or visiting the nearest SM mall or 7-Eleven store. “Our partnership with three of the biggest banks and leading...
A bill seeking to distribute financial and production support amounting to P15,000 to at least one million small fisherfolks in the country has been filed in Congress. This, as the income of small fishermen already went down to as low as P150 per fishing trip more than a year into the pandemic. In...
Estonian artist Tommy Cash collaborates with French fashion house Maison Margiela for a capsule collection that features a pair of €95 bread-printed slippers called "loafers," and some other tasty-looking goods. We can definitely file this collection under fashionable oddities with this crazy...
Bank-transferred remittances for the first month of 2021 was down to $2.603 billion or 1.7 percent lower from same period last year of $2.648 billion. The January cash remittances was also lower compared to December 2020’s $2.890 billion or by 9.9 percent, based on Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas...
