World Trade Center converted into 500-bed COVID-19 facility
WTC is now a 500-bed COVID-19 facility The Ayala group of companies has completed the conversion of part of the World Trade Center (WTC) in Pasay City into a 500-bed…
Imports slump as pandemic affects trade with China
Imports slid by more than a tenth in February as shipments from China—the Philippines’ top source of foreign-made goods—contracted at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Preliminary figures released by…
PH imports slide down in February as COVID-19 creeps into China trade
Imports slid by over a tenth in February as shipments from China—the Philippines’ top source of foreign-made goods—contracted at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Initial figures released by the…
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…
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…