Dominguez: Mass COVID-19 tests ‘a must’
President Rodrigo Duterte’s chief economic manager said mass testing for COVID-19 is “a must” if the Philippines wanted the pain inflicted by the disease on both the health care system…
PLDT, UP-PGH launch hotline for COVID-19 medical consultations
PLDT Inc. partnered with the University of the Philippines Manila Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) to launch a dedicated telemedicine hotline, 155200, for its COVID-19 Bayanihan Operations Center. This will allow…
Dominguez: PH readying response to global recession brought by COVID-19
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III. DOF PHOTO As the global economy plunged into recession amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippines will try to shield its domestic economy through a…
BIR hits pause button on tax probes as COVID-19 menace continues
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) paused its investigation of tax delinquents as Luzon and other parts of the country lock themselves down to stop the transmission of COVID-19. In…
WB: COVID-19 froze trade, commerce worth 70 percent of PH GDP
Lockdowns of entire communities that froze trade and commerce worth about 70 percent of gross domestic product in the Philippines should be matched with rapid testing, tracking of carriers and…
SM hikes COVID-19 support fund to P170M
SM Investments vice chair Teresita Sy-Coson (second from left) and Henry Sy Jr. (third from left) The SM group has scaled up its coronavirus (COVID-19) assistance program as total donations…
Metro Pacific mobilizes P190M for war vs. COVID19
Manuel V. Pangilinan The group of businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan has mobilized over P190 million worth of resources to help the country’s medical front-liners and support vulnerable communities amid the…
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, World Bank sees PH economy growing 3% at best, contracting 0.5% at worst in 2020
MANILA, Philippines — The COVID-19 pandemic will take its toll on economies across East Asia and the Pacific, and the Philippines was no exception given its reliance on tourism and…
BREAKING: NGCP to donate P1-billion for COVID-19 response
MANILA, Philippines — The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines plans to donate P1 billion in goods and cash to support health workers who are in the frontline in the…
LGUs in need of loans for COVID-19 measures assured of online process convenience
The Department of Finance (DOF) has made it easier for local governments, tied up with COVID-19 quarantine enforcement, to borrow money. The DOF’s Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) last…