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…
Landbank releases cash grants for CCT beneficiaries’ COVID-19 aid
MANILA, Philippines — Beneficiaries of the government’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) program will receive money over the weekend as part of the subsidies to vulnerable households during the COVID-19 quarantine.…
Transport of seeds hampered by various LGU checkpoints
Despite repeated appeals from national agencies to local government units (LGUs) to allow the movement of all goods and services related to food production, the country’s biggest seed organization reported…
Quaran-things to note: Best-selling food delivered at your doorstep
The food industry landscape has changed massively since the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon to contain the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Restaurants have been forced to close…
Amid quarantine, Neda wants to know how consumers, businesses coping
Neda chief Ernesto Pernia. INQUIRER file photo / JOAN BONDOC MANILA, Philippines — While consumers mostly stayed home and many businesses were temporarily shut down in the midst of quarantine,…
Manila Port shutdown threat averted for now
Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade. FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — A looming shutdown at Manila’s crucial ports appears averted for now as businesses started withdrawing cargo containers that have been piling…
Developer steps up fight vs COVID-19
MANILA, Philippines – As the Philippines and the rest of the world continue their unrelenting fight against the deadly COVID-19, it has become increasingly apparent that a far bigger, more…
SEC warns public vs firms exploiting COVID-19 crisis
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned the public against dealing with 14 entities found to have exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to defraud investors and consumers. In one of…
Internet usage surges as people stay home
The use of Wi-Fi networks across the Philippines surged higher as people are confined to their homes amid the Luzon enhanced community quarantine that started in the middle of March…
Fate of 420,000 workers on the line amid PH airline industry’s grounding
Close to 420,000 jobs in the Philippines are at risk even if demand for flying—now largely decimated by the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19)—starts to recover in the second half of…
Market slightly up in thin trade
The local stock barometer inched up due to last-minute buying in thin trade on Friday as investors across the region remained largely jittery on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The…