Creba calls for VAT exemption
THE Chamber of Real Estate & Builders’ Associations Inc. (Creba) appealed to legislators to keep the value-added tax (VAT) exemption for socialized and economic housing as the Tax Reform for...
View ArticleCebu-based fertilizer firm to invest P1 billion for future plant rehab
CEBU—Atlas Fertilizer Corp. (AFC) bared on Tuesday its plan to invest more than P1 billion for the rehabilitation of its existing manufacturing plant in Toledo City, which is expected to increase...
View ArticleDecember 19 proclaimed as special nonworking holiday in Muntinlupa
MALACAñANG has declared December 19 a special nonworking day in Muntinlupa as the city marks its centennial anniversary. By authority of President Duterte, Executive Secretary Salvador C. Medialdea...
View Article66th Manila FAME set on Oct. 20-22
MANILA FAME is all set once again for its second leg this year as it put from October 20 to 22 a bigger show for international and local buyers that will highlight the Philippines’s rich cultural...
View ArticleFresnedi cited for education initiatives
MUNTINLUPA Mayor Jaime Fresnedi on Wednesday received the Model Local Chief Executive Award for his exemplary development projects in tertiary education. The Association of Local Colleges and...
View ArticlePHL still playing catch-up in food sufficiency
CEBU—Providing food for every Juan’s table remains a challenge, as the Philippine agriculture industry is yet to achieve fully the national food sufficiency goal. “In our development as a nation, when...
View Article16 violators nabbed on 1st day of Muntinlupa smoking ban
MUNTINLUPA Smoke Free Task Force (SFTF), led by Muntinlupa City Police Station (MCPS), reported that 16 violators were apprehended in Alabang area during “Oplan Sita” on the first day of implementation...
View ArticleTPB goes green with ‘fun’ tourism campaign
THE Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) has added more flair to the Department of Tourism’s battle cry, “It’s More Fun In the Philippines”, by engaging stakeholders to help sustain what the country can...
View ArticleAboitiz Foundation turns over library, research hub to school in Taguig
A NEWLY refurbished library and research center was turned over to a public elementary school in Taguig City to further hone the research skills of students. The Aboitiz Foundation, the corporate...
View ArticleMuntinlupa international education fair to highlight learning prospects abroad
MUNTINLUPA City government tied up with Edukasyon.ph for the staging of an international education fair at the Festival Mall in Alabang on October 21 and 22, where 18 foreign schools and five embassies...
View ArticleMetro condos selling like hotcakes amid rising cost
HOUSING demand in Metro Manila will continue to rise, as foreign investors from Southeast Asia, China and the Middle East infuse more capital into the Philippines, according to real-estate service...
View ArticleMuntinlupa cited ‘Most Business Friendly LGU’
THE Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) feted Muntinlupa City as the 2017 Most Business Friendly LGU for Level 1 Category for driving growth of entities by providing them with conducive...
View ArticleMuntinlupa positioning as Metro’s halal center
As part of Muntinlupa’s efforts to become the Halal center of Metro Manila, the city government and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) have conducted an awareness seminar on the fundamentals of...
View ArticleApo View Hotel undergoes revamp to boost tourism in Davao
THE iconic Apo View Hotel was officially relaunched last week under the new owner and management, with refurbishments now ongoing to bring back its former glory and, at the same time, expand its...
View ArticleValenzuela cited for housing, academic programs
VALENZUELA’S housing and education programs bested 13 other local initiatives to win the Development Academy of the Philippines’s (DAP) Government Best Practice Recognition (GBPR) 2017. The city’s...
View ArticlePioneering state-run baby-food plant inaugurated in Valenzuela
To help strengthen Valenzuela’s Barangay-Based Feeding Program (BBFP), the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-FNRI) has shared its P9-million...
View ArticleMuntinlupa educators to represent PHL in UAE renewable-energy tilt
EDUCATORS from Muntinlupa National High School (MNHS) will represent the Philippines in this year’s Zayed Future Energy Prize (ZFEP), an international competition for renewable energy (RE) and...
View Article#NotForSale: The billion-peso cyber-pedophilia industry
WITH the advent of information communications technology (ICT), children are now easy prey to predators in the borderless sex trade that is continuously expanding via the World Wide Web, thereby...
View ArticleMunti LGU offers free rides, candles on October. 31 and November. 1
THE local government of Muntinlupa will be providing free rides to public and private cemeteries in the city on October 31 and November 1 as part of its public service during the annual commemoration...
View ArticleAboitiz’s Cebu-based youth summit set to unfold also in Manila
DIVERSIFIED company Aboitiz Group is expanding the reach of its youth leadership conference, this time covering the nation’s capital. For the first time, the Aboitiz Future Leaders Business Summit...
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