THE PHILIPPINE construction industry is expected to grow in the next four years, reaching $47.0 billion in 2020 through funds driven largely by the residential and the infrastructure markets, a report by Timetric’s Construction Intelligence Center (CIC) said yesterday.
The digital age has reintroduced data as a crucial resource for businesses. Data is now a precious asset that you can convert to valuable and useful information to help your business grow. Needless to say, if data is not being carefully safeguarded, opportunities and even confidential information may be lost. The recent data breach in the Commission on Election Web site has placed people’s privacy at risk, ranging from access to their bank accounts to using their personal information for impersonation, fraud, and much more. This and other similar incidents have reinforced the business community’s concern over the security of their data. They ask: “How will I know if my data is being breached when the thieves are just there, lurking in the dark?”
THE INCOMING secretary of the Department of Energy (DoE) will seek to strike a balance between what power consumers need and the concerns of other sectors including those that have been voicing out their opposition to the construction of coal-fired plants.
NATIONS deemed most vulnerable to the ill effects of climate change have forged a partnership for preparedness and support among each other during times of disaster.
THE LACK of a national ID system in the Philippines has hampered efforts to broaden access to financial services, industry experts said, with banks pressed to shoulder additional costs in establishing a potential client’s identity before they can be integrated into the banking system.
INCOMING president Rodrigo R. Duterte will aggressively implement the country’s family planning law to push his economic growth agenda, one of his aides said on Monday, in a move that could add to simmering tensions with the Catholic Church.
THE STATE share in the earnings of government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) grew to P40.2 billion last year as more state-controlled firms remitted back to the government.
When I started practicing in tax law, the rules in determining fair market value of shares of stocks were quite simple. We were instructed to rely on the book value of the shares of stock based on the latest audited financial statement of the company which issued the shares. There were certain adjustments, of course, but generally, the book value is quite reliable.
A CIVIL society group expressed concerns about the proposed European Union-Philippines Free Trade Agreement on Sunday, a day before accord negotiations are set to begin in Brussels, Belgium on Monday.
SUBSIDIES to state-led corporations rose by nearly half in March as the government released more funds for irrigation and electricity supply amid an ongoing dry spell.