How Changing Housing Needs Influence Singapore Property Choices
Housing needs rarely stay the same throughout a person’s life. A home that works well for a young professional may not provide the same advantages…
Treasury sells P20 billion in T-bills after 2 weeks of excessive rates
After two weeks of rejecting investors’ high bid rates, the Bureau of the Treasury on Monday (April 6) finally sold P20 billion in T-bills. National Treasurer Rosalia V. de Leon…
Globe addresses loading concerns of prepaid customers through loan credits without service fees
With the majority of Filipinos now at home due to enhanced community quarantine, Globe is providing its customers with a way to borrow load or subscribe to promos so they…
Budget deficit narrowed to P37.6 billion in February
The national government’s budget deficit narrowed to P37.6 billion in February as spending contracted year-on-year due to the seasonality of disbursement of local governments’ internal revenue allotment (IRA). February’s deficit…
Study says Chinese loans, though higher in interest rates, would not lead to ‘debt trap’
While loans from China to its bilateral partners like the Philippines carry higher interest rates than the World Bank’s, Washington-based Center for Global Development (CDG) said these would not lead…
Holcim suspends cement plant in Davao
The country’s leading cement-maker Holcim Philippines has suspended the operation of its manufacturing plant in Davao as the city was locked down until April 19 to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Fruitas’ delivery business up tenfold since lockdown
Lester Yu Delivery platform CocoDelivery, a unit of newly-listed kiosk operator Fruitas Holdings Inc., has increased its business tenfold since the government’s lockdown order on Luzon as a way to…
Fresh produce in time of COVID-19? Go online for DA’s Kadiwa shops
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has brought to the internet the operations of its Kadiwa outlets, making these available online to let local government units (LGUs) place bulk orders for…
DOF: Infra spending key to avert slow recovery post-pandemic
MANILA, Philippine — The economic team is moving to arrest the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown across the country in order to avert slow recovery and…
Globe MyBusiness connects SMEs in looking after healthcare frontliners
Strengthening its support to medical and business frontliners, Globe initiated a unique collaborative effort with its partner institutions in the healthcare and food industries, the result of which is a…
Volume of marked tax-paid fuel rise to 6.45 billion despite lockdown
MANILA, Philippines — As of last week, a total of 6.45 billion liters of tax-paid fuel had been already marked by the government as it continued to monitor oil firms’…