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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Finance (DOF) is seeking to collect more from wealthy consumers through higher taxes on luxury and nonessential goods, while also overhauling charges on motor vehicles to stabilize revenue collection. These will form part of the government’s offsetting reforms to make up for revenue loss from the proposed Progress Bill, which
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine peso broke past the 62.5-per-dollar level to hit a new record low on Wednesday, widening its losses as renewed te…
MANILA, Philippines — The University of the Philippines (UP) Men’s Basketball Team (MBT), or “Fighting Maroons,” began their fresh bid for the Univers…
MANILA, Philippines — Singapore-based OCBC Bank slashed its growth outlook for the Philippines this year, saying domestic demand remains the “principa…
MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) eyes the issuance of a circular removing value-added tax (VAT) on the allowable system loss…
MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) approved the first vaccine against African swine fever (ASF) in the Philippines, bolstering …
MANILA, Philippines — Despite mounting cost pressures and pricey airfares, Filipinos are still expected to travel during the peak holiday period, albe…
Just as structure should follow strategy, so should budget support this strategy. At the Department of Agriculture (DA), this is happening, but not en…
MANILA, Philippines — Megawide Construction Corp.’s venture into the government’s flagship housing program could generate P28.3 billion in incremental…
MANILA, Philippines — The upcoming blockbuster GCash initial public offering (IPO) may be big enough to prompt local and foreign funds to reshuffle th…
MANILA, Philippines — Globe Telecom Inc. is keeping the door open to eventually listing its data center business through a real estate investment trus…
MANILA, Philippines — Even with construction still underway, Lufthansa Technik Philippines has already secured the first customer for its latest base …
MANILA, Philippines — First Gen has expanded its reach in the healthcare sector as it closed a new deal to provide a hospital in Mindanao with clean e…
MANILA, Philippines — The rehabilitation work for the aging Agus-Pulangi hydropower complex in Mindanao, which has attracted at least four bids, will …
MANILA, Philippines —AirAsia Move, the online travel platform affiliated with Malaysia-based low-cost carrier AirAsia, is deepening its presence in th…
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) regional office in Northern Mindanao and the Department of Science and Technology’s Philipp…
MANILA, Philippines —Sen. Mark A. Villar welcomed a report from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) that the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (AF…
MANILA, Phiippines — Local stocks fell Wednesday as renewed US-Iran tensions drove up global yields and oil prices, while the peso’s drop to a record …
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine peso fell past the 62.5-per-dollar level to a fresh record low, extending its losing streak amid lingering inflat…
MANILA, Philippines — Agricultural losses topped P3 billion as of Wednesday due to the enhanced southwest monsoon and Tropical Cyclones Luis, Maymay, …
MANILA, Philippines — Households will see lower cooking gas costs this month as lower freight costs offset higher global liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)…
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) will feature local digital systems and technol…
MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) has approved the commercial sale of an African swine fever (ASF) vaccine from Vietnam, givin…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine peso weakened below the 62.5-per-dollar level on Wednesday to hit another record low, extending its slide as a st…
MANILA, Philippines — Consumers in the Visayas may face power interruptions on Wednesday as some large coal plants remain offline. In an advisory, the…
Information is power, which is why our legislature passed Republic Act No. 10173, — which is, also known as the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (DPA). This …
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine peso fell deeper into the 62-per-dollar territory on Tuesday, reaching another record low as higher oil prices, g…
MANILA, Philippines — Manufacturing activity in the Philippines surged to its strongest level in nearly a decade in August, sustaining its expansion f…
MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) should remain committed to taming inflation and must resist calls to prematurely end its i…
MANILA, Philippines — After a weak first half and a potentially sluggish third quarter, Philippine economic growth could recover to more than 4 percen…
MANILA, Philippines — Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC) is moving forward with plans to spin off its international business, with the homegrown fast-food gia…
MANILA, Philippines — SM Supermalls expects a stronger Christmas season this year as robust tenant demand and new entertainment offerings give the mal…
MANILA, Philippines — The customer may not always be right but, for businesses, responding to their needs and concerns will always be paramount. The P…
Solar Philippines Power Project Holdings Inc. (SPPHI), an embattled firm backed by Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste, has gained P3 billion following its …
Ordinary people have a habit of keeping things “just in case.” Old appliances gather dust in storage rooms. Worn-out gadgets fill drawers. Empty bottl…
When it comes to figuring out what young shoppers want, SM Supermalls has decided that perhaps the best people to ask are—well, young shoppers themsel…
MANILA, Philippines — The country’s fuel marking program is moving toward an upgrade after securing government funding from the Public-Private Partner…
MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) must remain dedicated to controlling inflation and avoid ending its rate-hiking cycle too …
MANILA, Philippines — Metro Pacific Water (MPW) plans to invest P23 billion by 2031 to enhance its operations in the Philippines and Vietnam. The grou…
SAN FRANCISCO, United States — John Ternus takes over as Apple’s chief executive on Tuesday, inheriting a company that towers over the smartphone mark…
