Business groups welcomed the call of President Duterte in his State of the Nation Address for the passage of legislative measures intended to help the economy bounce back from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ten repatriated overseas Filipino workers who arrived in this city this month have tested positive for COVID-19.

The International Monetary Fund has lowered its economic growth forecast for member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN-5) as the recent high COVID-19 infection rates continue to dampen the region’s recovery from the pandemic-induced recession.

Bank of China has ramped up its digital payments transformation journey through a partnership with interbank network operator BancNet to broaden the network of its clients and lower costs amid the mobility restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the Delta variant of COVID on a rampage in many places worldwide and NCR on GCQ again, it isn’t likely that students will troop back to physical schools for face-to-face instruction in September. That’s bad news for the education and the mental health of our young people.