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• City: No business permit for easement violations
  The cebu city business permit and licensing office (BPLO) has joined the call for business establishments to cooperate in the clearing of the three-meter easement or face the consequences.
• DOF: MSME reform to improve Phl rating.
  The Philippines is included in the list of 42 economies that improved its Ease of Doing Business (EODB) score, it was able to implement regulatory reforms in 3 or more of the 10 indicators included in this year’s aggregate EODB score 2020 report. Philippines got an EODB score of 62.8 in the 2020 report, an improvement over its grade in the previous year of 57.68. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said that the Philippines will even do better in the next year’s ranking in the World Bank ‘Doing Business’ report with the anticipated full implementation of the new law expanding access to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to lending facilities.
• Firm ordered closed for undeclared business
  The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) ordered the temporary closure of Worldwide Steel Group Inc. along Sacris Road Extension in Barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City on Thursday, February 27, 2020.
• A fruitful venture
  Rhea Penaso Tariman started her fruit selling business at the Pala-o Public Market in Iligan City in 2009 with only P3,000 as capital,
• Phl seeks more investments in agribusiness from China
  The Philippines is encouraging Chinese agribusiness firms to consider the country as an investments destination, highlighting its agricultural and labor assets.
• DA sets additional biosecurity standards
  The department of agriculture (DA) has laid down additional standards for biosecure hog facilities to help the industry recover from the continuing cases of african swine flu (ASF) in the country.
• BSP wants banks to report cases of money laundering within 24 hours
  The bangko sentral ng pilipinas (BSP) will require banks and non-banks to report within 24 hours any significant money laundering terrorism financing, and proliferation financing incident.
• Regenerative agriculture: an imperative to achieve food security in the Philippines
  Food security in the Philippines remains an elusive dream. despite numerous programs and projects to address food supply deficiencies, Filipinos remain food insecure.
• Data is everywhere in the digital world
  Nowadays, doing research is almost synonymous with doing google search. going through the bookshelves to find a book on a specific topic is a akin to finding the right keywords to search on google. doing the latter requires minimal effort, as it can be done anywhere at any time, as long as you have a smart device connected to the internet. In a short amount of time, you get hundreds if not thousands of web pages related to your keywords.
• SEC OKs merger of AXA, Ping An
  The securities and exchange commission (SEC) has approved the merger of AXA Philippines and its subsidiary charter ping an insurance corp.
• Source of corruption
  Getting rid of corruption in government, whether at the national or local, should be the goal of each administration.
• Sports commisioner Bachman commits to improved facilities
  Philippine sports commission (PSC) Chairman Richard Bachmann, from the onset of his administration, has committed to enhance facilities for national athletes as well as PSC's offices. That has been his determined focus in the short weeks. he has been at the helm of the PSC.
• Da resumes search for onion production sites in Davao
  The Department of Agriculture's (DA) Davao regional office is resuming the search for potential onion production areas following the recent spike in prices of the root crop, which is hardly grown in the southern Philippines.
• Pag-ibig financial over 18,000 socialized homes for low-wage earners in2022
  Pag- ibig fund financed 18,857 homes for low-income minimum wage earners in 2022 its top officials announce friday (January 27)
• Agriculture lobby expects limited downside to RCEP signing delay
  Further delay in joining the Regional comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade deal would be "prudent" in light of the struggles of the agriculture industry, with consequences of late joining expected to be mild, industry representative said.
• Fast autoworld Philippines opens fuso dealership in Lapu-Lapu
  FAST Autoworld Philippines Corp. (FAPC) opened the first Fuso dealership in the VisMin region located on M.L. Quezon Ave., Barangay Marigondon, Lapu-Lapu City lat February 20, 2020.
• CCCI on covid-19 impact: ' it's about survival now'
  Thus did Cebu Chamber of Commeece and Industry (CCCI) president Virgillio Espeleta express strong conviction for government, industries and the business community to impose drastic measures that the chamber earlier recommended through a position paper, to fight the lingering effects of the Covid-19 global outbreak.
• Economic recovery unlikely this year - think tanks
  In a report responding to gross domestic product (GDP) figures for 2018, London-based Capital Economics said factors such as high interest rates, delayed passage of the 2019 national budget, and slowing export growth would drag on growth this year.
• New tax reforms can boost small, countryside businesses
  As the business permit season has passed and the income tax season is beginning to dawn, talks about taxes and recent tax reform proposals are up.