Agri, education reforms top Sulong recommendations

Proposals to rev up Philippine agriculture and education along with fast-tracking financial inclusion topped the list of do-ables that business leaders have drawn up in the latest Sulong Pilipinas workshop…

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PHL, AIIB sign US$750-M loan pact on co-financing for COVID-19 response

The Philippines has signed an agreement with the Asian Infrastructure Development Bank (AIIB) committing the multilateral lender to extend a loan of up to US$750 million to support government efforts…

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Former gov’t execs, experts push Congress OK of CREATE bill

Former Secretaries of finance and socioeconomic planning Secretaries along with state bankers, eminent economists and industrialists have sought the immediate congressional passage of the long-due second package of the Comprehensive…

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DBP offers financial support to COVID-affected coops

The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is offering rehabilitation financing support packages to cooperatives to help tide them over the economic crisis resulting from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)…

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