PAL reduced airfares for Filipino evacuees from Japan
Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) slashed its fares by more than 30 percent to help Filipinos whom the Japanese authorities are forcing to evacuate from the leaking nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Prefecture. The discounted airfare will be for inbound flights from Narita, Japan. The new rate will be $335 from $500, for one-way trips [...]
April 19, 2011
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Tags: air travel, airfare, discounted airfare, Filipino, flag carrier, Japan, Lucio Tan, OFW, PAL, Philippine Airlines, promotion, reduced ticket price, travel · Posted in: Announcement, Customer Service, finance, Foreign exchange, Government, money, OFWs, People, Philippines, Pricing, Products, promotions, Transportation, Travel
Jollibee expands presence in Saudi
Homegrown fastfood giant Jollibee continue to expand its presence in the international fastfood business market. The latest store opened by the company was in KSA. It would be Jollibee’s fifth store in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which is located in Al Rahmaniyah Mall at Al-Khobar. Dennis Flores, Jollibee vice president for international operations said [...]
March 25, 2010
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Tags: burger, business franchise, champ, Filipino, Jollibee, KSA, langhap sarap, middle east, OFW, OFWs, overseas, Pinoy, Saudi Arabia, spaghetti · Posted in: Philippine business news
Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines 2010 search is on
The search is for the country’s Entrepreneur of the Year (EoY). The SGV Foundation Inc. recently announced the opening for the nomination of the Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines in a press briefing. The entrepreneur of the year search was started to recognize and encourage Filipino entrepreneurs who help bring progress to the country with [...]
March 24, 2010
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Tags: 2010, Entrepreneur of the Year, entrepreneurship, Ernst & Young, Filipino, Filipino entrepreneur, SGV, World Entrepreneur of the Year · Posted in: Announcement, Corporations, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, marketing, Opportunities, outstanding Pinoy, People, Philippine business news, Philippines
Bibingkinitan! is growing
Bibingkinitan! The dealer of those delicious mini-bibingka, is embarking on an agressive expansion binge. Now a fast-rising Filipino food chain, Bibingkinitan! is expanding and is targeting about 100 new outlets by the end of this year. President and CEO of FoodAsia Corp., Richard V. Sans, said that half of the new stores would be owned [...]
February 1, 2010
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Republic Act 9505 or the PERA Act of 2008
A new law that hopes to encourage Filipinos to invest more of their savings in high yield products has been signed recently. The PERA Law or Personal Equity and Retirement Account will be implemented by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) next year. BSP Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr., one of the signatories of the [...]
October 22, 2009
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Tags: Banks, Business, Filipino, finance, investments, money, OFWs, PERA Law of 2008, Philippines, RA 9505, Republic Act 9505, shares of stocks · Posted in: Announcement, banking, finance, Government, investments, money, Philippine business news, Philippines
Meralco announced power rate cuts, rotates brownouts schedule
It was definitely good news to customers of the Manila Electric Co. as Meralco announced that they will give another power rate cut this October. Meralco customers will get lower bills this month as the power company reduced its rate by 11.55 centavos per kWh this October. This was made possible said Meralco vice president [...]
October 8, 2009
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Tags: brownouts, consumer, Consumers, customers, electric company, electric consumption, Filipino, Meralco, NGCP, Philippines, power rate cuts, rotated power outage, savings · Posted in: Announcement, Consumers, Corporations, Customer Service, Philippine business news, Philippines
Lower housing loan rates from SSS
To help Filipinos whose homes were damaged by the recent onslaught of tropical storm Ondoy last , SSS reduced loan rates for home repairs and improvements. The reduced rates for SSS is now at 9%, from a previous 13% per annum. The maximum amount of loan that can be availed is P300,000 and payable up [...]
October 2, 2009
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Tags: Filipino, finance, Housing, Housing loan, lower rates, money, Philippines, SSS · Posted in: Announcement, Consumers, economy, finance, Government, Housing, money, Philippine business news, Philippines
