BW FILE PHOTOTHE Social Security System (SSS) said it holds no shares of online gambling firms and has no plans to add such shares going forward.“SSS has no investments in the online gaming industry and has no plan of investing in it,” the pension fund

THE Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said it plans to exempt administrative workers from the cap on work-from-home (WFH) jobs in economic zones (ecozones).“Those with non-sensitive positions, like those in finance and administration, can do remote work,” PEZA Director General Tereso O. Panga said on

Farmers inspect rice crops affected by floods in La Union in this Oct. 12, 2021 file photo. — PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCASTHE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it would like the Rice Tariffication Law to be amended by the harvest in March, and is hoping President

PHILIPPINE STAR/NOEL B PABALATETHE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said 18 agreements were signed at a business forum in India last week, involving the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), among others.The deals were unveiled at the

Value of gold, copper, nickel, chromite reserves rises 4.6% - BusinessWorld Online                                    PHILSTAR FILE PHOTOCLASS A gold, copper, nickel, and chromite reserves  were valued at P481.45

PPP Center outlines rules for seeking opinions on PPP Code - BusinessWorld Online                                    PPP.GOV.PHTHE Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center said it set guidelines for seeking the regulator’s

LTFRB reviewing P2 PUJ fare hike petition  - BusinessWorld Online                                    PHILIPPINE STAR/MIGUEL DE GUZMANTHE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said it is currently studying

BW FILE PHOTOPHILIPPINE STOCKS inched up on Tuesday to snap their three-day losing streak as investors searched for bargains and amid the 90-day extension of the tariff truce between the United States and China. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rose by 0.56% or 35.49

MetaTHE Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said they expect the bandwidth allocation from Meta Platforms, Inc. to bring more remote communities online while enabling plans to build smart cities.In a statement on Tuesday, BCDA said

PHILIPPINE STAR/ RUSSEL PALMATHE wholesale price of construction materials in Metro Manila contracted to a nearly 16-year low in July, with concrete products driving the decline, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said in a report.Citing preliminary data, the construction materials wholesale price index (CMWPI) in the National

SCREENSHOT of a China Coast Guard ship chasing Philippine boats carrying out a Kadiwa operation for Filipino vessels in Scarborough Shoal on Aug. 12. — PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD/JAY TARRIELABy Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio and Adrian H. Halili, ReportersTHE PHILIPPINE military will hold a strategic conference

A worker inspects peso bills inside a money changer in Manila. — REUTERSTHE PHILIPPINE government should stick to its fiscal consolidation plan and temper spending to ease fiscal strain, a congressional think tank said, warning that the country is “borrowing its way to growth.”In an