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Despite extended travel ban, Bureau of Immigration remains hopeful for Philippine tourism

Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Jaime Morente remains hopeful that travel restrictions will ease up later this year despite the extended travel ban for passengers coming from 10 countries. Morente said that…

Moody’s Investors Service upbeat about Philippines’ recovery prospects; sees economy growing faster than most countries

Moody’s Investors Service is upbeat about the Philippines’ recovery prospects from the COVID-19 crisis, expecting the economy to outperform most of the sovereigns it rates in terms of average growth up to…

Thousands of Filipino students join BSP’s First Youth Summit on Digitalization and Financial Inclusion

Amid physical distancing measures that make digital transactions more appealing especially for the tech-savvy youth, close to 32,0001 participants, mostly from the youth sector, have viewed the livestream of the first ever…

Experts urged app creators to put intellectual property protection at forefront of business strategy

Global and local experts of the mobile app industry are pushing developers to protect their intellectual property in the early stage of their business, emphasizing how this can save them from costly…

EducationUSA Law School Fair Attracts Hundreds of Aspiring Filipino Graduate Students

More than 340 participants from the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries interested in pursuing an LL.M. (Master of Laws) degree attended EducationUSA Philippines’ LL.M. university fair on July 17 and 24.…

Department of Tourism reiterates call for safe travel amid stricter quarantine measure

The Department of Tourism (DOT) reiterated its call for safe personal travels as the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) placed Metro Manila and other areas under…

Philippines digital transformation urgently needed for better policy-making, service delivery – NEDA

Data science, analytics, and digital transformation can help make better policies and deliver better services as the Philippines heads to a new and better normal, said the National Economic and Development Authority…

Development Bank of the Philippines inks pact with the Small Business Corporation to boost MSME recovery

State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has partnered with the Small Business Corporation (SB Corp.) for the establishment of a strategic client referral and management system to efficiently manage the assistance…

LANDBANK lends P1.89-B to OFWs for business ventures

As part of its continuing support to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), the Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) has approved loans worth P1.89 billion for 1,297 borrowers under the OFW Reintegration Program…

DICT connects more locations in Pangasinan to Free Wi-Fi

The Department of Information and Communications Technology – Luzon Cluster 1 (LC1) activated new Free Wi-Fi for All Internet access points across various locations in Pangasinan on July 23, 2021. The event…

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