THE BRITISH government is pushing for investments in infrastructure, power and retail in the Philippines, the new United Kingdom Trade and Investment (UKTI) director told reporters at a briefing yesterday.
Aug 082013
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Aug 052013
THE BASES Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) will auction off two service areas along the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx) for around P4 million total, an official said yesterday.
Aug 052013
THE COUNTRY’S competition policies must be reformed for fairness, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said in a press release on Sunday.
Aug 052013
ONE of the basic principles of law that is well-established in prevailing jurisprudence is that a claimant has the burden of proof to establish the factual basis of his or her claim for tax refund. This is because tax refunds are in the nature of tax exemptions that are to be construed strictissimi juris against the taxpayer.
Aug 042013
COMPARED with last year’s second quarter, when agricultural output grew a mere 0.73%, there is a high probability of higher growth year-on-year, agriculture policy experts from the University of Asia and Pacific (UA&P) said.
Aug 042013
THE COURT of Tax Appeals (CTA) has lowered the tax dues of state-run Power Sectors Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) in relation to liabilities charged by the Bureau of Internal Revenue for 2006.
Aug 042013
TURKISH flour exporters will fight for their rights in the ongoing complaint against importers’ alleged dumping in the country, the Turkish Flour, Yeast and Ingredients (TFYI) Promotions Group said late Friday.
Aug 022013
THE PHILIPPINES and Sri Lanka have agreed to explore possible areas for economic cooperation, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Friday.
Aug 022013
THE COUNTRY’S palay production for the first half of the year jumped by 1-2% year-on-year to 8-8.1 million metric tons from 7.89 million MT in the same period last year, an Agriculture official said in an interview Thursday.
Aug 022013
WITH THE HIGH volume of sugar unshipped due to oversupply in the United States, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is now allowing the reclassification of “A” or US sugar as “D” or world market sugar.