SECURITY Bank Corp. announced that it and Security Bank Foundation Inc. (SBFI) committed to plant 10,000 seedlings at the La Mesa Watershed over the next five years, contributing to reforestation efforts that began in 1999. In a statement, the lender said that Security Bank employees planted 2,000 seedlings of Lago…
PRIDE is a deadly sin for some. For Kimberly Anne Zandueta, it’s how she feels with her job as financial advisor of the Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. (Manulife). Zandueta said that pride comes from knowing she can help people understand the importance of financial security. A financial advisor helps breadwinners…
MOODY’S Analytics on Wednesday affirmed the Philippine National Bank’s (PNB) Baa3 long-term deposit ratings and raised the bank’s outlook to stable from negative on the back of better asset quality and profitability. Likewise, Moody’s affirmed the “Ba1” baseline credit assessment of PNB. “The affirmation of PNB’s ratings and the outlook…
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) dismissed the petition to the extension of general safeguard measures on imported cement. The DTI also shut the door on any appeal for such saying in an order that the safeguard measure imposed until 2022 would no longer be extended. “In view thereof,…
SENATOR Robinhood C. Padilla advocated temporarily providing tax exemptions for films produced locally; thus throwing full support for a proposal pitched by Sen. Jinggoy Estrada in a privileged speech on Tuesday. Padilla said a temporary suspension of a slew of taxes would help in the fast recovery of the Philippine…