SM donates COVID-19 test kits to Baguio City
In support of mass COVID-19 testing, SM donates local PCR test kits for 4,000 tests to Baguio City. Through SM Foundation, and in coordination with the DOH, Baguio Mayor Benjamin…
COVID-19 pandemic curbing OFW remittances
Filipino domestic helpers line up to send money at a remittance center in the central district of Hong Kong in this 2008 file photo. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE The Philippines may…
Frontliners leaving home and family to serve amid the COVID-19 pandemic
A family for Filipinos means the world. The welfare of a wife, child, father, mother, brother or sister is paramount in any Filipino’s mind, a gritty yet devoted few would…
IC gives life insurers more time to sell online amid COVID-19 crisis
MANILA, Philippines — In light of the two-week extension of the ongoing enhanced community quarantine until April 30, the Insurance Commission (IC) has given life insurers more time to sell…
DBM orders belt-tightening to preserve funds for COVID-19 fight
To ensure that the government won’t run short of funds to fight COVID-19, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has ordered agencies to tighten their belts and defer non-essential…
Target of WB’s $100M COVID-19 loan to PH: Save 16,700 lives
The World Bank (WB) has given the green light to a $100 million loan for the Philippine Department of Health’s (DOH) COVID-19 Emergency Response Project which seeks to acquire more…
Andrew Tan group’s COVID-19 donation hits P603M
The group of property tycoon Andrew Tan’s COVID-19 relief fund mobilization has breached the P600-million milestone since the whole of Luzon was locked down to curb the pandemic in mid-March.…
S. Korea’s credit card loans soar in March amid COVID-19 fallout
SEOUL — South Korea’s credit card loans soared 25.6 percent on-year in March, amid the prolonged economic fallout of the COVID-19 outbreak, industry data showed Wednesday. Seven major credit card…
Negative oil futures price reflects shock of COVID-19 pandemic
A line handler helps dock the oil tanker, Texas Voyager, as it pulls into its mooring to offload its crude oil at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida,on April 21,…
Pogo exec donates thousands of COVID-19 test kits, PPE sets, says more coming
Online gaming executive Kim Wong has donated thousands of COVID-19 rapid test kits and personal protective gear to build up government supplies for frontline workers, promising more donations in the…