MANILA -The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants stronger capabilities to combat financial crimes such as market manipulation, insider trading and even cryptocurrency-related scams. The corporate regulator recently held a workshop with the US SEC and Asian Development Bank in its Makati City headquarters to beef up its enforcement training and capabilities. “Scammers are becoming more advanced and sophisticated in their techniques as new technologies arise. As such, the SEC must constantly improve its investigation and enforcement c ...
Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has scheduled the operations of the new passenger terminal in January 2021. It was designed to handle 12 million passengers yearly.
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) will develop a 47-hectare property inside the New Clark City into a new technology hub.
To solve the complex problems of the skills mismatch in the Philippine economy at this point of fast-changing technologies, which sector has to make a major first step? · The problem: It is effortless to say everyone must take immediate short-term steps for long-term employment and entrepreneurship prospects, since very few can even feel for these as talents produced do not fit the dramatically changing needs. Schools can prepare students for future jobs—but these have yet to be practically defined in curricular offerings beyond the United N ...
“My grandfather and my father were extraordinary,” says Javelin “Javey” A. Lim, 43, New City Commercial Corp. (NCCC) supermarkets and community stores president. “Our stores burned down thrice yet they built the company from the ground up again and again. Through the tragedies, they persevered. They had faith that their efforts would not be in vain.” · In 1919, at the age of 14, Lim Tian Siu left his hometown in Chin Kang, Fukien, China, for Manila, dreaming of a better life. He worked in a cigarette factory and became a sales agen ...
MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) recently received a 100-percent nationwide International Organization for Standardization or ISO certification on several of its services, BIR Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. said on Thursday. Lumagui, during the 120th-anniversary celebration held at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City, said the ISO Certification covers both the Operations Group (Revenue Regions, Revenue District Offices) and the Large Taxpayer Service (LTS). ...
The Clark Airport anchors the 9,450-hectare New Clark City, which will include government and business districts. The DOTr is also building a railway line that will link Manila and the...
100% new technology of Toro including electric and hybrid equipment. The agreement was officially signed by (from left) Brian Joseph Reyes, Hann Reserve’s Project Oversight Director;...
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Energy (DOE) is pushing for the inclusion of nuclear energy in the Philippine energy mix by creating a division dedicated to this source of energy. The DOE announced on its website the creation of a division tasked to promote, formulate, and implement plans and programs to advance the utilization of nuclear energy in the country. Quoting the Department of Budget and Management, the DOE said this was pursuant to Executive Order (EO) No. 116 and EO No. 164 issued in 2022 as well as House Resolution No. 13 ...
INITIALLY developed as a retirement home, Campuestohan Highland Resort is now being positioned as a tourist destination.