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Screengrab from Small Business Corporation website MANILA - The Small Business Corporation (SBCorp), the financing arm of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), reported it approved more than PHP5.99 billion worth of loans for small-scale businesses as of end-October. In its website, SBCorp said a total of 36,661 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) benefitted under the Covid-19 Assistance to Restart Enterprises (CARES) loan program which was funded by the Bayanihan 2. The same loan program also assisted 812 repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) under the Bayanihan CARES HER...

GENERAL SANTOS CITY - A total of 73 former New People's Army (NPA) rebels in South Cotabato have received various assistance from the government this year through the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP). 1st Lt. Krisjuper Andreo Punsalan, civil-military operations officer of the Army's 5th Special Forces Battalion, said Wednesday the recipients were among the rebels who have surrendered since last year in parts of the province. He said the surrenderers included eight indigenous peoples' (IPs) from Lake Sebu town who decided to yield last April after serving as...

GENERAL SANTOS CITY - Seventy-three former New People's Army (NPA) rebels in South Cotabato have received various assistance from the government this year through the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP). 1st Lt. Krisjuper Andreo Punsalan, civil-military operations officer of the Army's 5th Special Forces Battalion, said Wednesday the recipients were among the rebels who have surrendered since last year in parts of the province. He said the surrenderers included eight indigenous peoples' (IPs) from Lake Sebu town who decided to yield last April after serving as...

DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez (file photo) MANILA - Small Business (SB) Corp., the financing arm of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), is readying a loan program to help micro and small businesses provide employees with their 13th month pay. "Similar to what we did last year, we see no reason to defer the 13th month pay for this year as the government stands ready to support businesses amid the pandemic. We already reached out to SB Corp. to develop a facility that will provide zero-interest loans to companies needing 13th month funding," DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez said in a stat...