Philippines

The Rebisco-led Asia United Bank relies on IT platforms to boost its business share by obtaining an Aa plus loan ranking and a stable outlook from Philippine Ratings Services Corporation. In the coming years, AUB is poised to launch new goods and services to strengthen its strategic strength while improving the banking experience of its customers. AUB will concentrate on …

The gruesome killing in Tarlac this week has been on fire in the country since it received massive complaints, heartbreaks and frustrations through different the enforcement of the law. For this reason, The assassinations in Tarlac by Police SMSgt. Jonel Nuezca is not protected by the pledge made by President Rodrigo Duterte to back the police against employment-related court proceedings, …

House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco joined the chorus of legislators condemning the killing of two civilians in Paniqui, but his comment did not address legislative changes to fix the long-standing police force crisis. Police SMSgt. was illustrated by a harrowing image that went viral on the Internet. Jonel Nuezca shot Sonya Gregorio and her son, Frank Anthony who after a …

Surprisingly, hundreds of businesses have expressed support for British drugmaker AstraZeneca to acquire the second batch of COVID-19 vaccines from the private sector. Joey Concepcion the presidential business advisor and founder of Go Negosyo shared in a statement that there was an impressive turnout for the purchasing of a second batch of COVID-19 vaccines, as more than 200 corporations showed …

Pasig City exempts bikers from the provision of the national government for all people outside their residences to wear face masks, saying it is unsafe to wear one while biking. The evidence suggests and made a consultation among bikers shows that biking is unsafe while wearing a face mask. The Pasig Transport has added that biking isolates riders from other …

The intense work for coronavirus shots continues as the country’s vaccine czar maintained that amid some delays in talks with manufacturers the government is still on track with its vaccine’s search. Amid updates that Health Secretary Francisco Duque III dropped the ball in negotiations with US drugmaker Pfizer by failing to sign a single text here’s Carlito Galvez Jr., who …

Few days left till 2021 and the new year’s sustained higher oil and food prices could cause the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to remove monetary assistance from the ailing economy prematurely and jack up rates, raising the urgency of a compelling fiscal stimulus. In view of this, the supply fluctuations have kept food prices high and may be vulnerable …

Alternative media network AlterMidya and three affiliates of its network asked the Ombudsman’s Office to fire three officials of the anti-communist task force of the government over their baseless red-tagging, a tactic that endangers those identified as insurgents and terrorists. In view of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, AlterMidya, Bulatlat, Kodao Productions and Pinoy Media Center filed criminal and …

President Rodrigo Duterte has requested for the swift formation of a separate department for Filipino migrant workers appears to pave the way for the contentious priority legislation to be implemented. In view of this, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, his long-time assistant, certified Duterte as an urgent 1949 Senate Bill just filed the last 14th of December. The bill creates a …

This coming 2021, a massive leadership model is underway at the oldest conglomerate in the world. Ayala Corporation stated that Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala will leave his position as chief executive in a disclosure to the stock exchange but will stay as company chairman. In view of this Jaime will be succeeded by Fernando Zobel de Ayala, his younger …