THE DEPARTMENT of Budget and Management (DBM) has included the streamlining of government processes among the targets for the granting of performance-based bonuses (PBB) to government employees.

THE rehabilitated passenger terminal of the Virac Airport in Catanduanes is set to be inaugurated today after a delay of two years.

THE TERMS of reference (ToR) for the bidding on the third major telecommunications player are being finalized as government agencies aim to resolve issues on the additional player.

THE HOUSE committee on ways and means will look into how businesses in the Philippines can be shielded from dealing with varying tax schemes among local government units while still rationalizing fiscal incentives under the second package of the tax reform program.

AMID REHABILITATION efforts in the tourist island of Boracay, President Rodrigo R. Duterte said on Wednesday, “I’m declaring land reform for the entire island of Boracay.”

THE COLLECTIVE group of five jeepney organizations said it is willing to withdraw a fare hike appeal to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) if the group will be allowed a P4 to P5 discount on fuel.

Often times when we meet business leaders, our discussions end up on the topic of how to improve their business operations. They quickly want to know how digitization, robotic process automation (RPA), the Internet of Things (IoT) or business process reengineering (BPR) could transform their business to become more customer-focused, efficient and effective. While these innovations could produce great gains in any organization, they represent only one side of the coin. The flip side is that employee behaviors play a substantial role in an organization’s productivity and effectiveness. It is rather unfortunate that 90% of leaders fail to recognize this.

THE NATIONAL government’s outstanding debt had a slight decrease in April “due to the stronger peso and third currency fluctuations,” the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said.

THE PHILIPPINE Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) wants to broaden the level of transparency in the government’s foreign investment negative list to aid prospective foreign investors in making more informed decisions.

THE BUREAU of Customs (BoC) wants to implement the fuel- marking program by next month, as it seeks to cap more than half of the revenue leakages by yearend.

THE Department of Energy (DoE) said it was planning to source petroleum products from Russia and other countries that are not members of the oil cartel Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and North Luzon Expressway Corp. (NLEx) are looking to open by October the NLEx Harbor Link Segment 10 connecting Karuhatan, Valenzuela City, to C3 road in Caloocan City.