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The local stock barometer ended flat on Wednesday while newly listed retailer, MerryMart Consumer Corp., soared to new heights for the third straight session. The main-share Philippine Stock Exchange index…
Fast-food giant Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC) is venturing into the global bond market to boost its war chest during this state of global public health crisis caused by the coronavirus…
The country’s largest lender, BDO Unibank, is building up its digital capability to hasten innovation and better compete with nimble financial technology (fintech) companies which, across the globe, have been…
The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) will get a fresh $450 million (about P22.5 billion) in funds to continue providing cash grants to poor families for their children’s health and…
Vivant Energy Corp. has tapped Malaysia-based Solarvest Holdings for two contracts covering the installation of a total of about 1.2 megawatts of solar rooftop systems at the University of San…
Local poultry raisers continued to slam the Department of Agriculture (DA) for releasing “misleading data” on the country’s volume of poultry imports at a time when raisers want the agency…
PLDT Inc. roared back into the international bond market after almost two decades, raising $600 million following a fully-online investment roadshow amid the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. On Wednesday (June…
The Duterte administration’s economic team is looking for money to implement the universal health care (UHC) program, which key team leaders believed cannot be deferred as the state-run Philippine Health…
The Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) 2020 tax-collection goal has been further reduced to P1.74 trillion—lower than its actual 2019 take—amid a COVID-19-induced recession that had shut down many firms,…
MANILA, Philippines — The government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic jacked-up infrastructure spending in April as additional health and quarantine facilities were built during the month to prepare for any…
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