Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief, Police General Guillermo Lorenzo T Eleazar tasked police units and offices to investigate and be vigilant against the possible hoarding of oxygen tanks and other medical supplies amid the continuing threat of COVID-19. PGen Eleazar issued the order after Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama called on the police and the Department of Trade and Industry to look into the supposed hoarding of oxygen tanks. “Makikipagugnayan at tulungan ang PNP sa DTI para silipin ang sinasabing hoarding ng oxygen tanks, lalo na sa Cebu City,” PGen Eleazar said. “I have directed the Cebu City Police…
Author: Kharla Marasigan
The Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM) organized via Zoom a series of digital business-to-business (B2B) matchmaking events with the Philippine delegation for FOODEX and Japanese buyers, as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to leverage borderless communication in facilitating trade and export promotion. During meetings with Japanese buyers, the Philippine delegation for FOODEX showcased healthy, organic, and natural food products. Presented to the health-conscious Japanese market were products including mango-infused vegetable drink mixes by Business Innovations Gateway, Inc., varied coconut-based products by Eau de Coco Inc., Limketkai Manufacturing Corporation, and Pasciolco Agri Ventures, snacktime favorites by Magic…
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Monday praised the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) for a series of successful drug hauls that netted P1.48 billion worth of illicit narcotics, one of the largest in the country. “To the team, both from the different agencies, police, PDEA, Army, mga intelligence community, I’d like to commend you. Congratulations,” President Duterte said in a public address, commending the government anti-drug agencies. “There was this drug buy-bust operation sa Holy Star. Alam mo ba kung bakit sinadya ko ito dito, it’s because it is one of the largest, P1…
The Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) has approved the grant of tax incentives for a mass housing project and two cement manufacturing plants all located outside Metro Manila and worth P29.4 billion combined. Chaired by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, the FIRB approved during its third meeting last August 2 the tax incentives for a mass housing project in Iloilo with an estimated project cost of P1.4 billion; a proposed cement plant in Porac, Pampanga, which will cost about P3.1 billion; and another cement plant in Calatagan, Batangas which will cost around P24.9 billion. The FIRB approved the grant of…
Megaworld, the country’s largest developer of integrated urban townships, grew its attributable net income by 39% to P2.6-billion in the second quarter this year compared to P1.9-billion in the same period last year, as the company benefited from its strong office leasing business and the improved performance of its retail and hospitality businesses. Quarterly core revenues grew 20% as compared to the preceding quarter to P11.2-billion, highlighted by the recovery of all its business segments during the second quarter. The company’s rental income increased by 4% to P3.2-billion during the second quarter, with Megaworld Lifestyle Malls growing its rental income…
METRO MANILA – Here is the official 6/55 Grand Lotto Result today, Wednesday, August 4, 2021, based on the official draw result of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). Please refresh this page after the 9PM draw to view the result. The Grand Lotto 6/55 jackpot starts at P29.7 million (net of agent’s prize commission). The jackpot grows each time there is no winner. If there are more than one jackpot winner, the jackpot prize will be divided equally among the winners. [table id=306 /] Other Lotto Games Today [table id=307 /] https://youtu.be/6viE6I475Ik How to Play 6/55 Grand Lotto: You…
Eastern Visayas recorded 2 million persons in the labor force out of the estimated 3.2 million population 15 years old and over in April 2021. This placed the labor force participation rate (LFPR) at 62.3%. This means that around 6 in 10 of the population aged 15 years and over were either employed, underemployed or unemployed during the period. The 2 million persons in the labor force in April 2021 was higher by 226 thousand as compared with the figure during the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) period in April 2020 recorded at approximately 1.8 million. This was also higher than…
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines’ (IPOPHL) online trademark filing tool is now using the European Union’s (EU) harmonized database of goods and services (HDB), currently the largest multilingual trademark classification database in the world. The HDB contains over 78,000 terms which users can choose from when indicating the nature of the goods and services for which the mark is sought. All terms in the HDB are automatically accepted by IPOPHL and all trademark offices in the EU. Specifying or describing the goods and services associated with a trademark is a critical step in application. This will set the…
“There is enough food for everyone.” This is the assurance of Agriculture Secretary William Dar to consumers in the National Capital Region (NCR) and other major consumption areas nationwide, with President Duterte’s recent declaration of General Community Quarantine (GCQ) subject to heightened restrictions, from July 30, 2021 to August 5, 2021, and Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in NCR and MECQ in other areas, from August 6 to August 20, 2021, due to the more transmissible “Delta variant” of Covid-19. The agri chief recently issued a set of guidelines, directing the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Offices (DA-RFOs) to facilitate the transport…
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has called on the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to ‘go for the gold,’ like the extraordinary feat achieved by Filipino gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz in the Tokyo Olympics, by surpassing its tax collection targets for this year and beyond. In his message on the BIR’s 117th anniversary on Monday, Dominguez commended the agency under the leadership of Commissioner Caesar Dulay for embarking on a comprehensive digitalization program ahead of the pandemic, which enabled it to continue functioning effectively during the lockdowns and collect almost all income taxes through electronic means. Complemented by a relentless…