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Senator Risa Hontiveros revealed a “disturbing” pattern of abuse of Philippine visas leading to a possible collusion between personnel at the Bureau of Immigration (BI) who allow Chinese nationals to easily enter the Philippines.

Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) may now return to Hong Kong and Macau after being exempted from the travel ban imposed by government, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) recently partnered with the Katala Foundation, Inc. to implement a wildlife research and conservation project within Palawan’s Victoria-Anepa’an Mountain Range aimed at improving the conservation status of a critical segment of the country’s threatened wildlife.

The global anxiety over the deadly 2019 novel corona virus (nCoV) has drowned out attention that should also be given to pneumonia and other diseases like polio or tuberculosis, according to an expert and professor on infectious diseases. Dr. Lulu C. Bravo, executive director of Philippine Foundation for Vaccination and professor on pediatric infectious and tropical diseases at the College …

Leading cement manufacturer Holcim Philippines, Inc. has appointed a new plant manager to lead its Davao facility, which recently completed upgrades to better support the strong construction activity in Southern Mindanao. Holcim Davao is now led by Samuel O. Manlosa, Jr. He took over on 6 January 2019 from Xavier Arul Kennedy Savarimuthu, who has been reassigned by the LafargeHolcim …

Manila Water would like to state certain facts in the interest of public discussion on the award recently issued by an arbitral tribunal in favor of Manila Water as administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). We wish to clarify that the PCA is an internationally recognized inter-governmental organization.

Government and stakeholders gather to discuss the Philippines’ trade agenda The Department of Trade and Industry will hold the One Country, One Voice (OCOV) Forum on International Trade, “Seizing Opportunities Amidst the Challenges of International Trade,” on 4 December 2019 at the New World Hotel, Makati City. The OCOV Forum will bring together thought leaders and practitioners from the government, …

The Malaysian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) has expressed interest in bringing in big manufacturing enterprises in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), tapping the region’s vast workforce to make processed Halal (Islamic) food and rubber products, among others.

Malacañang remains optimistic in meeting its macroeconomic targets amid the lower-below-expected Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of the year.

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has collected an initial P186 million in withholding taxes from Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) and is getting another P170 million this month in tax payments from these businesses employing foreign nationals.