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PPA income drops 25% in Q1

The Philippine Ports Authority’s (PPA) net income in the first quarter of…
  • April 15, 2020
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South Harbor’s PTB, Pier 15 berths to convert into quarantine areas

Port operator Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) is making its passenger terminal building…
  • April 13, 2020
  • 2 minute read
Airlines

Local airlines extend flight cancellations to April 30

AirAsia Philippines, Cebu Pacific, and Cebgo have extended their local and international…
  • April 9, 2020
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BOC issues guidelines on manual release of import shipment

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on April 8, 2020 issued a memo…
  • April 9, 2020
  • 3 minute read

PH manufacturing improves in Feb

The Philippine manufacturing sector rebounded in volume but continued to decline in…
  • April 7, 2020
  • 1 minute read

Supplies, raw materials for medical products exempt from import duties

Imports of critical equipment, supplies and raw materials needed to produce medical…
  • April 7, 2020
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One Stop Shop allows online application for COVID-19 critical goods

Philippine importers seeking to import critical goods needed to combat the coronavirus…
  • April 7, 2020
  • 2 minute read

Port congestion back with yard utilization at over 90%

Manila ports’ yard utilization has again shot up to over 90%, prompting…
  • April 7, 2020
  • 2 minute read
Rapidpass

RapidPass ID offers easy checkpoint access for ECQ frontliners

The RapidPass, an online identification system to ease frontliners’ and essential workers’…
  • April 6, 2020
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BOC-MICP operations almost back to normal

Operations of the Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Manila International Container Port (MICP) have…
  • April 5, 2020
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