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The Philippine government launched recently the National Business One-Stop Shop (NBOSS) at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with the aim of integrating the processes of different agencies in one location for one-person corporation applicants. NBOSS is a physical co-location for agencies related to starting a business including the SEC, the Bureau of Internal Revenue, […]
For the first time, another round of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) will be held this summer, with its eight film entries to be screened starting Black Saturday. In a press launch of the event dubbed the Summer MMFF (SMMFF) in Makati City, MMFF and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chair Danilo Lim emphasized […]
Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said a company is interested in buying the manufacturing facility of Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. (HCPI) in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. At the sidelines of the National Business One-Stop Shop launch, Lopez told reporters that the company that had inquired about HCPI’s Laguna property is an existing firm in the Philippines, but […]
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar led the groundbreaking of an Army headquarters and tactical operations center at Fort Ramon Magsaysay, home of the 7th Infantry Division in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija. Villar said the project is part of the P200-million package for military bases to be built under the DPWH-Department […]
The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) is now coordinating with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to effect the immediate arrest of Dante Tabosares, the alleged mastermind in the killing of Brigada News FM anchor Eduardo Dizon in July last year. This, after Presiding Judge Henelinda Molina-Diaz of […]
The joint venture group of three major Korean construction firms is all set to begin the design and construction of the Panquil Bay Bridge Project of the Department of Public Works and Highways. Joint venture contractor Namkwang-Kukdong-Gumgwang represented by its CEO and president Geun Young Kim personally expressed to DPWH Secretary Mark Villar during a […]
The government is considering developing some facilities in Visayas and Mindanao as potential quarantine sites for the next batches of Filipino repatriates from countries hit by the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said. Nograles said the plan was pitched, as the government readies itself for the possible “worst-case scenario,” considering that COVID-19 […]
The highly-anticipated nationwide sale has been moved to a later date due to the “alarming rise” in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases worldwide, the Department of Tourism (DOT) announced. The event, billed as the Philippines’ version of Singapore’s Great Sale and Hong Kong’s Summer Sale, was supposed to take place for the entire month of […]
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu expressed hope that more private companies will join the government in its environmental initiatives following the launch of the P1-billion Tullahan-Tinajeros dredging project recently. The dredging of a 5.25-km portion of the Tullahan-Tinajeros River System from Barangay Catmon in Malabon City to Barangay Bagumbayan South in Navotas City, is a joint […]
President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order creating a national task force to prevent the entry, contain, and control animal-borne diseases such as African swine fever (ASF) following the sharp rise in the number of cases nationwide. Duterte signed Executive Order No. 105 on February 21 creating a national task force to “oversee and […]