Foreign portfolio investments in September reversed to a net outflow of $24 million versus the previous month’s net inflow of $12 million, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Thursday, Oct. 28. 42027 The $24 million net outflows are lower than the $494 million net outflows registered in...
A new international air travel policy will be implemented in the United States starting Nov. 8, moving away from the country-by-country restrictions previously applied in the foreign land, the US Embassy in the Philippines said. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Through a series of tweets...
The continued recovery of foreign direct investment (FDI) this year is an indicator of the Philippines’ solid long-term prospects, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Based on the latest DOF economic bulletin, the department noted that the country’s FDI sustained its robust growth in January...
The foreign vaccine developers that will be assisting local pharmaceutical companies in setting up a “fill and finish” facility for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines may be known soon, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Saturday, Oct. 23. (UNSPLASH/MANILA BULLETIN FILE)...
Tech entrepreneurs (techpreneurs) of Filipino heritage made waves in the Silicon Slopes Summit held on October 14 to 15, 2021, in Utah. Philippines-based cofounder of Yield Guild Games Gabby Dizon presents the business model in gaming “Play to Earn,” which allows players to convert their time...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. did not mince his words after learning that there are still fixers of passport appointments, saying he will nail their asses to the wall regardless of who their protectors are. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
Presidential aspirant Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said he will pursue amendments to the Foreign Investment Act if he gets elected as president. In a televised interview, Dela Rosa said that part of economic programs would be to allow more foreign investors to invest in micro, small and...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said the Philippines needs the passage of key economic reform measures to bring in more capital and spur job creation in the medium- to long-term. Finance Undersecretary Gil S. Beltran said Friday, Oct. 15, that Congress should pass the amendments to the Foreign...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, October 14, laid out her plans for the first 100 days in office if she’s elected president in the 2022 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo is the guest speaker during the Rotary Club of Manila’s virtual membership meeting on October 14, 2021. (Rotary Club...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has tweaked the rules for the so-called "green lanes" for passengers arriving from abroad effective Oct. 14, 2021. Ninoy Aquino International Airport, the Philippine's main gateway (Photo from PNA) Harry Roque,...
The Philippines’s food service sector is expected to shrink further this year to $7.4 billion following a 44 percent fall in 2020, on the weight of the spread of COVID-19’s Delta variant as well as the government’s abrupt implementation of different quarantine restrictions. This is according...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has advised the public that there are no available passport appointment slots yet for the remaining days of October until December this year and that booking their slots are free. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) In an advisory written in Filipino,...
