P50M in face masks from LBC
Logistics provider LBC Express group has committed P50 million to help vulnerable Filipino communities mitigate risks of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) infection by supplying them with washable two-ply face masks.…
Toll-free RFID stickers for doctors, nurses from SMC
Conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) assured continued operations across its tollroad network despite the steep drop in vehicular volume. Amid the coronavirus crisis, SMC said the movement of health care…
Health maintenance firms assure COVID-19 coverage for 7M PH clients
A group of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) on Friday (April 3) assured clients of COVID-19 coverage with nearly 24-hour assistance available for client concerns. Carlos D. Da Silva, executive director…
DOF, BIR publish order to reiterate documentary stamp tax exemption of COVID-19 loan relief
The Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) have reiterated the exemption from documentary stamp tax (DST) of the loan relief provided during the enhanced community…
COVID-19 help: DOF says PH to present plans vs pandemic to tap $5-B financing from China-led lender AIIB
The Philippines will present plans to tap Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) proposed $5-billion COVID-19 crisis recovery financing, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said on Friday (April 3). The…
COVID-19 losses: IATA sees 400,000 PH jobs wiped out in grounding of air travel
More than 400,000 jobs in the Philippines would be wiped out even if demand for air travel—now largely decimated by COVID-19–starts to recover by the second half of 2020, according…
COVID-19 relief: 16 LGUs extend local tax deadlines
Two provinces and 14 cities have extended deadlines to pay local taxes but the Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) expressed no worry yet about the impact of lower tax…
Ayala Land converts Red Cross office into COVID-19 testing center
conversion of part of Red Cross office into a testing facility ongoing Property giant Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) is transforming part of the headquarters of Philippine Red Cross PRC) in…
COVID-19 impact: PH economic health hinges on return of workers, businesses, supply chain, says ADB
If the Philippines could contain its local COVID-19 outbreak by midyear, the economy would still grow although by a slower 2 percent in 2020, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said…
Manny Villar, EEI, DPWH to convert PICC halls into COVID-19 facility in 10 days
Manny Villar. FILE PHOTO Tycoon Manuel Villar has teamed up with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and construction firm EEI Corp. to convert in 10 days’ time…