Roque: Duterte’s South Korea visit to reap ₱4.9B in investments
President Rodrigo Duterte’s trip to South Korea could prove fruitful, as billions of pesos in investments are expected to arrive.
— CNN Philippines
P1.9B budget sails through PB
THE Cebu Provincial Board approved a P1.9-billion supplemental budget, the Capitol’s first for this year, of which nearly 80 percent will be for a 20-storey new building.
— Sun Star
KILLER WASTE Shocking images show mountains of plastic and rubbish polluting rivers in India, Philippines and Vietnam
SHOCKING photos of polluted rivers filled with rubbish in India, Philippines and Vietnam have emerged ahead of the annual World Environment Day tomorrow.
— The Sun
Workers dun BIR for P20-billion refund
The country’s biggest labor federation on Monday demanded the return of P20 billion that they say was illegally collected by the Bureau of Internal Revenue from minimum wage earners for seven months in 2008.
— Manilastandard.net
Full award on 91-day, 6-month Tbills; rate on 1-yr tenor capped
The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) made a full award on the 91-day and six-month treasury bills yesterday amid healthy demand for the government IOUs, while it capped the rate for the 364-day securities, opting for a partial award instead.
— Malaya
Binays, Makati execs told to return P2.2B
The Commission on Audit (CoA) has ordered former Makati Mayors Jejomar Binay and Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay Sr. as well as officials of Makati City to return to government coffers the P2.29 billion used to construct the Makati City Hall Parking Building 2.
— The Manila Times
Amazon firm opts to hold 1st cloud computing training event in PH
Recognizing Filipino talents, global cloud computing firm Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched its first cloud computing skills training in the Philippines on Monday for free.
— Philippine News Agency
Phinma cement unit obtains P875-million loan
PHINMA CORP. on Monday said its cement trading unit obtained a P875-million loan from Security Bank.
— BusinessWorld Online
Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte draws fire for soliciting on-stage kiss
The often controversial leader of the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte, has again drawn condemnation for his treatment of women by kissing an overseas worker from his own country — on stage and in front of dozens of video cameras — during a visit to South Korea.
— CBS News
Bataan to combat suicide, drowning incidents
Alarmed by the increasing number of suicide and drowning incidents in Bataan, Governor Albert Raymond Garcia bared his strategies to further provide a positive and safe community for his constituents.
— Philippine Information Agency
Philippine Companies Start Feeling The Pinch From Rising Prices
It’s not only consumers who are taking a hit from rising prices in the Philippines. Companies are feeling the pressure as higher oil prices and a weak currency boost their costs.
— Bloomberg
Philippines Mulls Blockchain for Tax Collection, Business Improvement
The Philippine finance department is weighing the use of blockchain applications in a number of areas, among them tax payments and red-tape reduction.
— Cryptovest
BSP approves liquidity cover for big banks
he Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is adopting the net stable funding ratio (NSFR) for the country’s large banks to further strengthen its liquidity-related stress response and will begin an observation period on July 1.
— Manila Bulletin
ERC urged to freeze FiT-All rate hike
THE Laban Konsyumer Inc. (LKI) is urging the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to halt the collection of additional feed-in-tariff allowance (FiT-All) of P0.0733 per kilowatt-hour (kWh).
— Business Mirror
PHL helps spur ASEAN factory activity
THE PHILIPPINES stayed second in terms of manufacturing performance in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in May, despite logging its best Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) reading so far for the year.
— BusinessWorld Online
Bangko Sentral OKs 45 ‘branch lite’ units
Banking regulators have so far approved 45 “branch lite” units under a program aimed at expanding the availability of financial services nationwide, a senior Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) official said.
— The Manila Times
Congress pushes for climate-based crop insurance
Farmers can worry less about losing income due to natural calamities, should Congress pass a proposed law on climate-based crop insurance.
— Rappler
Gov’t to dump topsoil on Boracay – DAR
The government plans to dump soil on parts of Boracay to make its farmland productive as it seeks to implement President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to convert the island into an agrarian reform area, officials of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said on Monday.
— Philippine Daily Inquirer
PEZA, CEZA at odds over fiscal perks
With ongoing moves to overhaul fiscal perks under the second tax reform package, investment promotion agencies (IPAs) remain at odds over the importance of these incentives in attracting foreign investors.
— Philippine Star
Students, teachers mark new school year with protest vs rising tuition
Students and teachers pin the blame on the tax reform law as the education department approves tuition hike petitions of over 800 private basic education schools.
— ABS-CBN (video)
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