THREE KOREAN firms have signed separate deals with local companies for partnerships that reflect the foreign country’s continued interest in the Philippines.
Jul 122015
Jul 122015
THE NATIONAL government has spent over P6 billion in the first four months of the year to pay the tax dues of various state agencies, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed.
Jul 122015
A GROUP of solar energy developers in the country has proposed a further increase in the allocation for solar technology under the feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme.
Jul 102015
UNITED STATES President Barack Obama last week renewed the US Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Program until end-2017, allowing local agribusinesses and small enterprises to strengthen their export ties with one of the world’s biggest economies.
Jul 102015
THE BUREAU of Customs (BoC) has clarified the registration process for locators registered with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) under a simplified procedure for companies enjoying tax perks.
Jul 102015
THE BUREAU of Customs filed on July 10 a criminal complaint with the Department of Justice against a sugar importer for smuggling.
Jul 092015
THE CHAMBER of Real Estate and Builders’ Associations Inc. (CREBA) is pushing for the harmonization of national and government laws relating to the property industry, with inconsistencies considered a “stumbling block” in addressing the housing backlog.
Jul 092015
THE ENERGY Regulatory Commission (ERC) has started the review process for the adoption of a lower rate for wind power projects that will be applied in the feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme.
Jul 092015
THE BUREAU of Customs (BoC) has laid out “self-certification” rules to streamline trade in line with plans to organize a single regional economy under the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community.
Jul 072015
THE PHILIPPINES has managed to control smoking by raising taxes and passing a graphic health warning law, but more needs to be done in the areas of advertising and tobacco use in public places, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.