UPGRADES to the airports in Kalibo and Northern Mindanao have been declared ready for use in time for the high season of domestic travel, while construction will start on the new airport in Bohol during the dry months, officials said.
Mar 302015
BusinessWorld Online: Economy
Mar 302015
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is supervised by the Department of Finance (DoF) and has a mandate to assess and collect all internal revenue taxes, fees and charges imposed under the National Internal Revenue Code.
Mar 292015
DISBURSED funds from official development assistance (ODA) programs tripled in the last quarter of 2014, leading an across-the-board rise in usage rates for such forms of funding, the economic planning agency said.
Mar 292015
DAVAO CITY — Low-cost carrier AirAsia Philippines, Inc. is considering offering a Davao-Puerto Princesa-Kota Kinabalu service, expanding on previous plans for the Davao-Kota Kinabalu route.
Mar 292015
This article continues our series on the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project, and the Action Plans that have so far been submitted, by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). We now look at Action Plan 15 on Developing a Multilateral Instrument to Modify Bilateral Tax Treaties.
Mar 262015
JAPAN is extending nearly P10 billion in official development assistance (ODA) to support projects in the Philippines, the Foreign Affairs and Finance departments yesterday said in separate statements.
Mar 262015
ILOILO CITY — Irregularities found in 16 land titles covering about 73 hectares of Sicogon Island are not expected to affect an Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI) project, as the resort to be developed by the company lies outside the area with questionable documentation, an official said.
Mar 262015
INFRASTRUCTURE group Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) is not interested in bidding for the Malampaya Deep Water Gas-to-Power project should the government auction it off once the contract of the current consortium expires in 2024, its chairman said on Wednesday night.
Mar 252015
THE GOVERNMENT plans to bid out Clark Rail Transit System deal under the public-private partnership (PPP) program by year’s end, with the terms of the contract expected to be completed within the first half of the year, the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) said.
Mar 252015
THE CONSORTIUM of Ayala Group and Metro Pacific Investments Corp. is on track to upgrade the country’s railway ticketing systems, with full commercial deployment scheduled for September this year.