THE COUNTRY has enough chicken and pork supply to last until the Christmas season, local producers yesterday said.
Oct 092014
BusinessWorld Online: Economy
Oct 092014
THE GOVERNMENT this week touted economic gains in a Tokyo road show in its bid to lure Japanese investors to the country, but economists warned that the country’s growth prospects may not be as rosy as the picture painted by the state — that is, unless the administration steps up efforts to address long-standing problems that constrain the economy.
Oct 062014
THE PHILIPPINES will be crafting energy plans specific to each of its 17 regions, a move that will ensure power supply security all over the country, the Department of Energy (DoE) said.
Oct 062014
GOVERNMENT subsidies to state-owned companies rose by more than a third in August compared to the same period last year, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed.
Oct 062014
WHEN one is facing a tax assessment case we resort to exhaust all possible and available legal remedies that the law provides for the taxpayer. One of the possible and available remedies is for the taxpayer to request for a reinvestigation of the case. Under Revenue Regulations (RR) No. 18-2013, request for reinvestigation refers to a plea of re-evaluation of an assessment on the basis of newly discovered or additional evidence that a taxpayer intends to present in the reinvestigation. It may also involve a question of fact or of law or both.
Oct 052014
INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING contracted by nearly a third in July due to lower disbursements of two key agencies and amid uncertainties over a Supreme Court-disallowed stimulus program.
Oct 052014
THE GOVERNMENT is staging a road show in Tokyo this week to attract Japanese investors to do business in the Philippines, according to a statement from its Investor Relations Office (IRO).
Oct 052014
IN recent years, the Philippines has shot to elite status in the global outsourcing stage, overtaking India specifically in the voice segment. The country’s business process outsourcing (BPO) industry began in the 1990s and has, since then, become a significant contributor to our export revenues and economic growth.
Oct 022014
THE BUREAU of Customs (BoC) will go fully automated starting next year as it plans to put on the auction block this month a P500-million information technology (IT) program for the agency’s modernization.
Oct 022014
THE UNITED STATES Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Wednesday lifted its previous entry prohibition on fresh mangoes grown in several regions of the Philippines after declaring the country pest-free, documents from the Federal Register said.