COVID-19 relief: DBM releases P96B for 2nd month of cash aid to poor
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Friday (April 17) released P96 billion to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the second month of cash aid…
Phinma sets P25M COVID-19 relief program
Phinma CEO Ramon V. Del Rosario Jr. poses beside a portrait of his father, Ramon Sr., considered one of the fathers of Philippine industry. Business house Phinma has mobilized at…
Postquarantine relief for electricity consumers pushed
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) needs to come up with a “staggered payment” scheme for electricity bills as consumers’ payables pile up with the extension of due dates because of…
Filipino-Chinese community raises P265M for COVID-19 relief projects
Filipino Chinese Community Calamity Fund (FCCF) chair and Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Inc. (FFCCCII) president Henry Lim Bon Liong The Filipino-Chinese community has raised P265…
NEA backs electric co-ops’ plea for relief
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) is backing an appeal by electric cooperatives for an indefinite extension—indefinitely or until their business operations return to normal—of the deadline for them to pay…
GSIS, SSS move members’ payment deadlines to June 1 as COVID-19 relief
The country’s two state-run pension funds on Tuesday (April 7) announced relief for members with loans and those in the private sector worrying about meeting the deadline of their regular…
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 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…
COVID-19 relief: SSS, GSIS pensions come early
Cash benefits of Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) pensioners came earlier than usual after the GSIS released these on Thursday (April 2). The monthly GSIS pension was usually due on…
DBM already released P100B to DSWD for COVID-19 relief cash aid
At least P100 billion for distribution to households vulnerable to COVID-19 restrictions has already been released to finance at least two months’ worth of aid, Duterte administration economic managers said.…