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Smart launches facility for dev’t of 5G services

MANILA -- Mobile service provider Smart Communications has launched a facility for research, development and testing of 5G or fifth generation wireless technologies that it says will boost their delivery of Internet...

BOC surpasses collection target in May

MANILA -- The Bureau of Customs (BOC) surpassed anew its revenue collection after posting 3.9 percent surplus equivalent to PHP1.973 billion in its collection for the month of May, exceeding the PHP50.628-billion...

Better jobs, manufacturing data to support PH’s Q2 growth

MANILA -- National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) undersecretary Rosemarie Edillon expressed confidence that the improving performance of the country’s labor force and manufacturing sector will spur forward the country's economy in...

Ex-Quezon mayor gets 6-year jail term for falsifying docs

MANILA -- The Sandiganbayan has sentenced a former municipal mayor in Quezon province to a six-year jail term after he was found guilty of falsifying disbursement vouchers to purchase hand tractors and...

Dominguez cites SoKor’s role in PH economic emergence

SEOUL—Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has underscored the major role that South Korea is playing in the “economic emergence” of the Philippines, which is now moving to an even higher growth...

Exec hails signing of EODB Act; new law supplements FOI programs

MANILA -- An official of the government's Freedom of Information (FOI) program on Wednesday lauded President Rodrigo Duterte's signing of the Ease of Doing Business Act, saying the law complements FOI’s projects...

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