The Commission on Audit (COA) reported on Wednesday, March 2 that around P4.99-billion allocated for loan distribution micro, small, and medium enterprises as part of Bayanihan 2 act was left stagnant. The Commission on Audit (COA) logo (Taken from coa.gov.ph/ MANILA BULLETIN) Through the COVID-19...
Mapua-DOST Think & Tinker Laboratory Last 27 January 2022, the Mapúa University launched the DOST-Mapúa Think and Tinker Laboratory, a Technology Business Incubator (TBI) designed to provide support to spin-off projects, start-up businesses, and entrepreneurs — incubatees — in the form of...
What was supposed to be a meeting with top-level officials of the Social Security System for the presentation of the zero backlog program became something more when the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) witnessed violations of the Ease Of Doing Business (EODB) Act in the SSS Diliman, Quezon City...
69346 Globe Telecom Inc. has formed a joint venture partnership with ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC), one of the world’s fastest growing data center providers, and Ayala Corporation (AC) for an over P18-billion ($350M) data center. Under the agreement, both STT GDC and AC shall...
For cash-strapped Filipino students weighed down by the extra cost of remote education, Globe Business and TNL Tech Solutions forged a partnership to make digital learning more accessible and more affordable, ensuring they continue to get the quality education they deserve. TNL Tech Solutions...
Digital Pilipinas (DP), the largest private sector-led movement to create an ecosystem build for the country, inked a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to layout strategies in establishing university-based innovation centers across the Philippines....
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Saturday, Feb. 26 vowed to make doing business in the Philippines even easier in a bid to expedite the country’s recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Shivendu Shukla/ Unsplash) Although the Anti-Red Tape Act...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is optimistic that the expansion works at the Port of Currimao in Ilocos Norte will further bolster the tourism industry and woo investors and entrepreneurs in the Ilocos Region (Region 1). (Courtesy of DPWH) DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade inspected...
House Deputy Speaker and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda has called for the stricter implementation of environment and entrepreneurship-related laws, which she says can help the country in its economic recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Loren Legarda (Photo from Loren Legarda's...
The Marikina City local government passed on Wednesday, Feb. 23, a city ordinance extending tax amnesty to businesses from Feb. 23 to June 30, 2022. Ordinance No. 006, Series of 2022, introduced by Councilors Romina Kate De Guzman and Cloyd Casimiro, grants an extended period for business owners to...
A newly-formed, pro-micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) party-list has highlighted its strong performance in a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. (Tim Mossholder/ Unsplash) The results of the SWS survey, conducted from January 9 to 24, 2022, showed that Angat Pinoy Party-list has...
Korean actress and singer Kim Sejeong will be returning to the small screen this month with a new drama. Kim Sejeong will be starring in the romantic comedy “A Business Proposal,” which will premiere on Feb. 28 on SBS and will be streamed on Netflix. The drama is based on a Korean webtoon of...