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Banks maintain lending standards in Q3

Manila: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said most banks maintained their credit standards in the third quarter of the year.

Results of the Senior Bank Loan Officers’ Survey (SLOS) released on Friday showed that most respondent banks kept their …

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Unprogrammed funds may be tapped for relief ops: DBM

Manila: Unprogrammed funds may be used in case the available disaster funds allotted for response efforts in the wake of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name Trami) are insufficient, Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Am…

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New CFO chair takes oath

The Manila Times chairperson and chief executive officer Dante Francis Ang II took oath as the new head of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO).

Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin administered the oath of office to Ang in a ceremony. Bersamin’…

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Meralco restores power to 206K customers

The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has brought back electricity services to 206,000 customers following the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name Trami).

Meralco reported that from a peak of 566,000 customers who experienced…