MARINA pushes fleet modernization for safer, greener, more reliable inter-island travel and cargo transport
The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) is making the modernization of the country’s aging domestic shipping fleet its top priority, aiming to roll out safer, cleaner and more fuel-efficient vessels to boost inter-island transport across the archipelago.
PCCI lauds BIR tax relief program
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) has commended BIR Commissioner Charlito Martin R. Mendoza and the bureau for the One-Time Abatement Program, calling it a practical way for micro businesses to settle old tax debts and close pending cases.
Century Properties adds P6.35B housing projects in Laguna, Batangas
Century Properties Group Inc. (CPGI) is adding 3,265 homes worth a combined P6.35 billion to its portfolio through two new developments in Laguna and Batangas, targeting workers near major industrial and employment hubs in CALABARZON.
Unilab, Ayala, Metrobank lead Philippine firms in TIME employer ranking
United Laboratories, Ayala Corp. and Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. emerged as the highest-ranked Philippine employers in TIME’s Asia-Pacific’s Best Employers 2027 list, with all three making the regional top 50 in a ranking of 500 companies.
DA says 8 flawed FMR projects were executive budget entries
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is scrambling to correct coordinate errors in eight farm-to-market road (FMR) projects that could cost them funding, while insisting the disputed entries were part of the executive branch’s original 2027 budget proposal and not congressional insertions.
