THE PUBLIC-Private Partnership (PPP) Center said it made a presentation to a Singapore business forum to drum up interest in key local infrastructure projects.
Feb 052015
BusinessWorld Online: Economy
Feb 022015
DBS BANK Ltd. has raised its growth forecast slightly for the Philippine economy this year amid expectations of accelerated state spending and still-robust domestic consumption.
Feb 022015
THE JOINT venture (JV) between Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen) and New Growth B.V. has proposed to accelerate Quezon coal-fired power plant’s 460-megawatt (MW) expansion to make it available in time for the 2018 dry season.
Feb 022015
THE 2015 collection target of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is P1.72085 trillion. As part of its effort to achieve the goal, earlier this year the BIR issued Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 3-2015 (RMC No. 3-2015) outlining 27 Priority Programs for 2015.
Feb 012015
ELECTRONICS exports have beaten their 2014 growth target after a 7.9% rise in the first 11 months of 2014, amid strong performances by the semiconductor and electronic data processing subsectors, the president of the Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines, Inc. (SEIPI) said.
Feb 012015
THE MOST expensive public-private partnership (PPP) deal in the government pipeline is set to be rolled out within the first half of the year, once it secures final approval from President Benigno S. C. Aquino III this month, a Transportation department official said.
Feb 012015
IN LAST WEEK’S column we talked about the OECD’s BEPS Action Plan on Hybrid Mismatch Arrangements. This week’s column focuses on the OECD’s Action Plan on Harmful Tax Practices (HTP).
Jan 292015
THE PHILIPPINE economy remains headed for rapid growth this year and beyond although risks and challenges remain in making the country’s expansion inclusive and sustainable, economists said at a forum on Thursday.
Jan 292015
DAVAO CITY — A long-proposed bridge, repeatedly shelved, linking this city and the Island Garden City of Samal is getting another chance with the Davao Regional Development Council (RDC) recently giving its approval for a feasibility study.
Jan 292015
CEBU CITY — Mactan-Cebu International Airport terminal operator GMR Megawide Cebu Airport Corp. is facing delay not only in the construction of a second facility but also in undertaking the physical improvements that it promised at the existing structure.