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Local exporters are incurring higher costs and losses due to disruptions in the global container shipping industry.
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Number of bank accounts of poorest Filipinos has doubled – BSP
The number of low-income Filipinos who own bank or financial accounts has almost doubled in recent years due, in large part, to the continued digitalization of financial services, according to the central bank.
Read More »Retail transactions seen 50% online by 2022
At least half of the total retail transactions will be online as early as next year or one year ahead of the 2023 target of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) as the regulator continues to ramp up efforts to transform the Philippines to a cash-lite from a cash-heavy economy.
Read More »Despite historic-low rates, bank lending crashes to worst level in nearly 22 years in April
Bank lending worsened its slump in April to post its worst contraction in over two decades, a grim reminder of the limits of the central bank’s powers in supporting the country’s pandemic-hit economy.
Read More »Philippines won’t be ‘Asia’s laggard’—DOF
The Department of Finance (DOF) bucked assertions that the Philippines will be the “laggard in Asia” in a post-pandemic world.
Read More »The Rosie Posie Kit: a no fuss, no bluff skincare essential
Calling all go-getters out there! Women with big dreams, who wake up everyday with the goal of turning visions into reality, Rosie Posie is the skincare brand that gets you! No fuss, no bluff, it’s a simple 4-step skincare kit for busy girl bosses who want to spend less time pampering and more time powering up through life!
Read More »Travel Safe and While you rule the streets!
It’s been a long year of isolation. While the country still struggles with the ongoing pandemic, non-essential travel is still discouraged. However, the need for some semblance of normalcy has caused people to adjust their travel behaviors.
Read More »In sickness and in health: The Good Guys reach out to SMDC communities and beyond
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Read More »Freedom from sickness with free services and medicines
At the Health and Wellness Caravan, residents are given free check-ups, blood examination, blood pressure taking, chest Xray, medicines and reading glasses.
Read More »ICTSI Foundation Statement on its Proposed Mega Vaccination Center
As early as March this year, the ICTSI Foundation submitted an unsolicited proposal to the Philippine Government to build a temporary mega vaccination center in aid of the Philippine Government’s goal to inoculate as many Filipinos as possible to curb the further spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and to achieve herd immunity by yearend. The cost for construction of the …
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