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The Japanese government has granted $6.2 million (P310 million) to children’s agency United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) to support peace building and education efforts for conflict-affected children of Mindanao, including children disengaged from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF) armed forces. 

The 5th Kalikasan GP3 (Green Purchasing, Green Productivity towards Green Philippines) will highlight bamboo and wood industry for sustainable forestry as well as sustainable consumption and production, sustainable tourism and cultural heritage. 

The United States government has maintained its commitment since 2013 to help elevate the lives of less fortunate Filipinos in far-flung provinces after it turned over an almost P1 billion project to provide safe and clean drinking water. 

A Cabinet-level delegation led by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III will fly to Tokyo on Monday to discuss with Japanese officials a prospective list of big infrastructure projects that the Philippines could implement possibly in tandem with Japan. 

Concepcion Industrial Inc. (CIC) seeks to fulfill its commitment to switch all of its product lines to environmentally-responsible refrigerants with its commercial arm, Concepcion Building and Industrial Solutions (BIS), sharing its advocacy to protect the environment through training sessions for its business partners. 

By Riza Lozada  Corporate regulator Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suspended 84 lending companies for operating their business without the required licenses. 

By Luis Leoncio The House committee on ways and means has approved in principle the first phase of the Duterte administration’s Comprehensive Tax Reform Package (CTRP) as package subject to the creation of a Technical Working Group (TWG) that would draw up a substitute bill consolidating the proposed reforms by the Department of Finance (DOF) with other tax-related proposals by …

A golden age for trade primarily among micro, small and medium enterprises (MS­MEs) is expected due to increased infrastructure spending and business opportunities brought about by free trade agreements (FTAs) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (Asean) Economic Community (AEC), Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (Philexport) President Sergio R. Ortiz-Luis Jr. said.

By Riza Lozada A stronger US currency and national government (NG) repayments of its foreign liabilities resulted in a $2.7 billion drop in the country’s foreign debts to $74.8 billion last year from $77.5 billion a year ago, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data showed.

Voting 18-0-0, the Senate passed last week Senate Bill 1277, or the Free Internet Access in Public Places Act, which will mandate the government to provide free access to Internet services in public places in the country.