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A SUBSIDIARY of grocery operator MerryMart Consumer Corp. is teaming up with FoodPanda Philippines to launch a purely online grocery service in the country. In a statement on Wednesday, the company said its unit MerryMart Grocery Center, Inc. will be working with FoodPanda for “PandaMart”, the latter’s instant grocery delivery …

THE 650-megawatt Malaya Thermal Power Plant in Pililla, Rizal. — BW FILE PHOTO STATE-LED Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) on Wednesday declared another failed bidding for the sale of its 650-megawatt (MW) Malaya Thermal Power Plant despite already cutting its price to over a half. None of …

Since the start of the lockdown in March, the government has ordered lenders to extend debt relief to help borrowers struggling during the economic slowdown. — PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBAN FINANCING COMPANIES, lending companies and microfinance nongovernment organizations (NGOs) are required to implement a one-time, 60-day grace period for all loans …

PHILIPPINE STAR THE Finance department wants to first see the results of the ongoing estate tax amnesty, which will end on May 31 next year, before Congress passes a measure extending it by another two years. “In general, what we would have preferred for the amnesty law… is to play …

Authorities had shut down a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator in Quezon City for tax violations, Sept. 25, 2019. — PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCAS THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will still conduct an audit of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) that are leaving the country to check their tax compliance and …

COURTESY OF PHILIPPINE STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. By Denise A. Valdez, Senior Reporter THE Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) is proposing to require companies that will list shares on its main board to have a minimum P75-million three-year cumulative net income, replacing the minimum capitalization requirement. The bourse operator released late …

BW FILE PHOTO By Beatrice M. Laforga, Reporter THE National Government’s budget deficit ballooned by 1,510% to P40 billion in August from a mere P2.5-billion shortfall a year ago, as revenues remained weak amid the economic slowdown, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said. The BTr cash operations report released …

THE National Government’s budget deficit ballooned by 1,510% to P40 billion in August from a mere P2.5-billion shortfall a year ago, as revenues remained weak amid the economic slowdown, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said. Read the full story.

Boracay open to domestic tourists under eased quarantine by Oct. 1 BORACAY ISLAND will be open for tourists from areas under relaxed quarantine levels — general community quarantine (GCQ) and modified GCQ — starting October 1, the Tourism department announced. The Boracay inter-agency task force approved the expansion from only …