Third player DITO Telecommunity Corporation today (March 2) announced it will be commercially operational in 15 areas in Metro Cebu and Davao on Monday, March 8. The telco's service will launch its service in ten Metro Cebu areas: 1. Carcar, 2. Cebu City,3. Consolacion, 4. Danao, 5. Liloan, 6....
The central bank-monitored external debt service burden continued its decline, it fell by 15.49 percent year-on-year as of end-November 2020 to $6.452 billion from $7.635 billion. Based on Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data, principal payments totaled $4.385 billion, down by 8.53 percent from...
Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) launched its 5G roaming service in South Korea in partnership with KT Corp., Korea's largest telecommunications company. This year, as the world prepares to ease travel restrictions amid the worldwide vaccine rollout, Smart plans to launch more 5G roaming...
Pentagon’s Hui sporting short hair for his military service (Instagram, Twitter) K-pop boy band Pentagon’s leader Hui, 27, has enlisted in the military to fulfill the mandatory duty of all able-bodied Korean men. Hui entered the Nonsan Army Training Center in South Chungcheong province, South...
The government-funded transport subsidy for hog shipment is now available, but hog raisers must first follow a lengthy process. In a virtual briefing, Arnel De Mesa, assistant secretary for operations of the Department of Agriculture (DA), has discussed the process for availing the P21 per kilogram...
The Philippine Business for Education (PBED), the business community’s advocacy group for education reform, has launched a second phase of its online upskilling training program that will certify the competencies and skills of Filipino youth without college degrees. With funding from City...
Officials of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Federal Tax Service (FTS) of Russia have met recently to discuss the latter’s best practices that could be applied in the Philippines to further improve its tax administration and compliance. On orders of Finance...
The country’s external debt service burden fell to $6.09 billion as of end-October 2020 or 16.6 percent lower from same time in 2019 of $7.30 billion, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) show. Principal payments dropped 9.95 percent to $4.15 billion from $4.61 billion while interest...
The Siy Cha Group of Companies from Sultan Kudarat, which have been in the motorcycle retail business for over 30 years, now wants a piece of the P37 billion delivery market for online merchants and their customers. The group will launch Amigo, an on-demand delivery service platform next month, to...
The Department of Agriculture's (DA) National Tobacco Administration (NTA), which currently operates a state-owned meat processing facility in Ilocos Sur, will set aside P10 million to augment the facility's operations. This, according to DA, is hoped to help stabilize the supply and price of pork...
Chansung with fellow 2PM members (left) and Park Hyung-sik. (Instagram) K-pop boy band 2PM member Chansung, 30, and actor Park Hyung-sik, 29, of boy band ZE:A, were officially discharged from the military. 2PM gathered together on Jan. 5 to welcome back Chansung who was officially discharged from...
BTS (Twitter) The Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) has questioned the fairness of a recently promulgated law in South Korea that will allow outstanding pop culture artists like BTS to postpone their military service until age 30. Last Dec. 22, the Korean government promulgated a law, called...
