The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has widened the coverage of areas with higher operating capacities of business establishments in the National Capital Region (NCR), including the provinces of Bulacan and Rizal, but retained the ban on social activities in Laguna and Cavite. Trade and...
San Miguel Corporation’s food unit San Miguel Foods has launched its Community micro-enterprises program which offers enterprising Filipinos the chance to start their own small business during the pandemic. The move will also allow these micro-entrepreneurs to contribute to economic recovery by...
Employers and government agencies on Wednesday, (June 30) signed a manifesto that seeks to create 1 million jobs by end this year to help address the high unemployment rate in the country and bring it back to pre-pandemic level. The Manifesto on 1 Million Jobs for 2021-Partnership Project with the...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has converted its new, state-of-the-art sports facility called SMC Sports Complex into a vaccination site for the conglomerate’s thousands of employees, essential workers and extended workforce. In a statement, SMC said the facility is meant to be the future home for...
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez has called on governments of the 21-member states of APEC to prioritize and make it easy for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), the region’s engine of growth, transition into the digital way of doing business, especially during this pandemic....
The Philippine Stock Exchange saw its brightest moments during the Aquino administration with the main index surging to its highest levels while companies raised record amounts of capital from the public through the bourse. On July 1, 2010, the first trading day since Former President Benigno S....
The Philippines will be prioritizing 7 sectors in the Philippines Skills Framework (PSF), an inter-agency initiative to build the skills and competencies of the country’s human capital and better prepare them for the work of the future as 48 percent of current jobs could be displaced by...
The finance and trade departments signed the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the corporate recovery and tax Incentives for enterprises (CREATE) law, the government’s largest fiscal stimulus package for businesses in the country’s history. Ahead of the July 10, 2021 deadline, Finance...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) reported that its “Ligtas Lahat” vaccination program has already resulted in the administration of almost 180,000 vaccines doses in five cities of Metro Manila. In a statement, the firm said its vaccination program switched to high-gear with the deployment to more...
EDITORS DESK Ramon Bonilla Yuka Saso became an instant rockstar after surprising a field of veteran golfers and former tour winners at the US Women’s Open early this month. At a young age of 19, the San Ildefonso, Bulacan player put the country on the sporting map through her wits, unmatched...
MB File Photo Regardless of the outcome of the meeting among officials of the Southeast Asian Games Federation, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has encouraged the athletes to keep their focus on training. PSC Commissioner Ramon Fernandez said that they are waiting for Thursday's SEAG...
San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) packaging unit San Miguel Yamamura Packaging Corporation (SMYPC) has begun local production and distribution of personal protective equipment (PPEs) for the medical sector. In a statement, SMC said SMYPC tapped community-based tailors and dressmakers to assemble the...
