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Senior Citizens Party-list Representative Rodolfo Ordanes pointed out in a statement that Mindanao, the tourism sector, and enterprises of all sizes will gain much from the CREATE MORE amendments to the National Internal Revenue Code in a law President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed in Malacanang recently. Ordanes is one of the principal authors of the […]
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has instructed the city’s Business Permits and Licensing Department (BPLD), Department of Building Official (DBO), Zoning Administration Unit, and Quezon City Fire District (QCFD) to strictly and rigorously inspect businesses in subdivisions and other residential areas, pursuant to their respective mandates. This comes after the recent fire in Pleasant View Subdivision, […]
The AGRI Party-list is pushing for incentives for private companies to encourage them to buy directly from small-scale farmers.“Paliit nang paliit ang bilang ng small-scale farmers natin. Hindi rin naman natin sila masisi dahil kadalasan ay kakarampot ang kita nila dahil binibili ng mura ng mga middleman ang mga produkto nila, at saka naman inilalako […]
Quezon City District 2 Councilor Winnie Castelo is proposing the grant of a tax amnesty to thousands of delinquent business establishments in the city. In Proposed Ordinance No. 513-2021 the vice mayoral aspirant said it cannot be denied that the COVID-19 pandemic and the series of lockdowns have caused untold suffering on businesses and the […]
A measure seeking to establish the barangay microfinance system that would facilitate easy and efficient access to necessary funds and credits for such entrepreneurial activities has hurdled committee level at the House of Representatives. The House Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development approved the committee report on the substitute bill to House Bill […]
Registering your business and renewing government registrations at the Business Process Licensing Office (BPLO) is a necessary part of running and keeping up your enterprise. It establishes your legitimacy and makes you more credible not just to the government, but also to partners, investors, clients, and customers. To aid the ever-increasing number of micro, small […]
Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said the country must continue to reopen business activities to bring back jobs and revive the economy amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Commenting on the latest survey of the World Bank, the National Economic and Development Authority, and the Department of Finance, Lopez said the gradual and safe reopening of […]
Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said that it is only through the resumption of business activities that the country’s economy will be able to recover after plunging 16.5 percent in the second quarter of the year. But with the risk posed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Lopez underscored that strict health protocols should remain in place […]
As the number of jobless Filipinos because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to rise, Senator Dick Gordon is urging the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to help them get back on their feet by offering loan programs they can use to start their own businesses. During the hearing of the Senate Committee on […]
About 94 percent of economic activities will resume under a general community quarantine (GCQ), Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez has assured. But Lopez said companies are still encouraged to implement work-from-home arrangements even when most of the economic activities has returned under GCQ. The trade chief said the remaining 6 percent of economic activities that are not […]