The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide cutting-edge digital services and solutions to budding Filipino entrepreneurs and innovators. The MoU aims to provide training workshops to upskill and reskill the Filipino...
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin has challenged the 10 outstanding young men of 2022 to keep excelling in their respective fields and to collectively be an inspiration to others. Speaking at the awarding of the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) 2022 on Thursday, March 30, Bersamin urged the...
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy was among the country’s top cabinet officials, a non-commissioned survey showed. The independent poll dubbed as “Boses ng Bayan” was led by the RP Mission and Development Foundation Inc. In the said survey, Uy ranked third...
Land Bank of the Philippines is poised to overtake the Sy-led BDO Unibank Inc. as the country’s largest bank after President Marcos approved the proposed merger of the two state-owner lenders. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the government will merge the Development Bank of the...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said the Marcos administration would support the modernization of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said Tuesday, March 28, that the government has allocated...
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno is addressing what he described as “the elephant in the room”, referring to the much-needed reforms in the military and uniformed personnel (MUP) pension scheme, which is taxpayer-supported and receives no contribution from the retirees themselves. During a...
A pause in interest rate hikes is likely in the policy meeting of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in May, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. "The BSP has done enough, in my view,” Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno told reporters after the central bank raised its benchmark interest rate...
The country's first and only nuclear reactor training facility has formally opened its doors to stakeholders and the academic community after attaining a fully-operational status, the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) announced....
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said the aggressive monetary policy tightening by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) would drag down the country’s economic growth this year. During the Wallace Business Forum Roundtable on Wednesday, March 22, NEDA Arsenio M. Balisacan...
NIGHT OWL “Leaving no one behind means leaving no one offline.” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasizes the importance of ensuring information technology accessibility and inclusivity. UN’s goal is to connect everyone, everywhere by 2030. Digital connectivity will provide...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered his development committee to further study the previous administration's order in the implementation of the Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling on the correct share of local governments in national taxes. Department of Budget and Management (DBM)...
Malacañang bared that the United States has committed to help clean up the massive oil spill in the waters off Oriental Mindoro. During a meeting with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, March 21, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said he spoke with...
