Philippines

The government has introduced a scheme to help finance small businesses 13th month payout, but companies worry the loan conditions are not enticing enough for distressed businesses that can spend the capital elsewhere or simply want to close down entirely. To date, some 21,000 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) have received funding under the COVID-19 Assistance to Restart Enterprises …

President Rodrigo Duterte would not trivialize the plight of the victims of Typhoon Ulysses as he says he wants to dive in the floodwaters with them. Only those who just don’t like the President claim he sympathize with all the victims of this typhoon because the true message of the President is this. Duterte stated he wanted to swim with …

The Duterte administration is telling water companies in Metro Manila to rethink how they lift costs , make price changes more transparent and reduce government assurances if they wish to proceed with their business. This is the wide strokes of new agreements drawn up for Manila Water Corporation Inc. and Maynilad Water Services Inc. by the Department of Justice, along …

It’s not yet over. This is due to Ulysses, the country’s 21st tropical cyclone this year, which intensified into a typhoon while entering the Quezon-Aurora region, several areas in Luzon were put under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 3. Ulysses which has the international name: Vamco, was listed as a typhoon at 8 a.m. From the original 110 kph, it …

Police forces  has confirmed that a popular Filipino journalist who once survived a previous attempt on his life by pretending to be dead has been killed outside his home. Virgilio Maganes, 62, a radio DJ commentator for DWPR radio station located north of the province of Pangasinan, died instantly after he was shot six times by motorcycle-riding gunmenMajor Christian Alucod …

The Philippine economy shrank more than what was expected annually in the third quarter due to the COVID-19 pandemic, based on the official data showed last Tuesday. This fallout eased after the government gradually lifted coronavirus restrictions. The country’s economy fell into its first recession in nearly 30 years in the April-June period, when the Philippines imposed one of the …

METRO MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) director Police Major Gen. Debold Sinas as the next Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief. It was announced by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque during his regular Malacañang press briefing today. Sinas will be succeeding General Camilo Cascolan of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Sinagtala Class of 1986 …

METRO MANILA – Former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. on Monday has requested Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen to not join the proceedings on his election protest versus Vice President Leni Robredo. According to the motion filed Monday, Marcos asked for Leonen’s recusal sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) and re-raffle of the protest to another judge and …

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Red Cross Chairman and Sen. Richard “Dick” Gordon defended the non-profit organization after President Rodrigo Duterte mentioned that PRC is hungry for money. PRC was running after the government over some of its unpaid debts. Gordon says over the radio, “We’re not greedy. All I’m saying is let’s be careful with our words because we were …

MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Kiko Pangilinan seeks probe on the “beach nourishment” project that covers a small portion of Manila Baywalk with crushed dolomite. The project was reportedly cost P389 million and has received number of criticisms from marine scientist as costly and temporary solution. Pangilinan urges the Senate to investigate the possible environmental and health hazards of the Manila …