THE Board of Investments (BoI) said it approved Satrap Power Corp.’s proposal to develop a P1.16-billion, 10-megawatt (MW) biomass power plant in Santa, Ilocos Sur.
Feb 282017
Feb 272017
STRONG GROWTH in corporate loans is expected to be sustained in the Philippines this year, but is unlikely to cause alarm given the relatively low share of debt to the local economy, ANZ Research said.
Feb 272017
THE GOVERNMENT is still open to “any privatization” option for the Sasa Port redevelopment after the project is withdrawn from the list of public-private partnership (PPP) projects approved by the previous administration’s National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board.
Feb 272017
Twenty years after the 1997 comprehensive tax reform program and we are embarking on the next big one. It is heartwarming that this reform is generating more interest and more voice from the taxpaying public — not just from the legislators, the executive branch, organized advocacy groups or big businesses. And through both the traditional and social media.
Feb 262017
THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) could start putting in place its planned national broadband project within the first half of the year, pending the go signal from President Rodrigo R. Duterte.
Feb 262017
THE GOVERNMENT’S representatives will be meeting with delegates from the European Union (EU) in September for the second round of free trade agreement (FTA) talks.
Feb 262017
(Second of two parts)In the first part of this article, we discussed how recent events have brought to the fore the incidence, impact and prevalence of cyber risks. We then considered the current state of cybersecurity readiness of Filipino companies, taken in the context of the findings from EY’s 19th Global Information Security Survey 2016-17. We also looked at the first two components of an effective three-part cybersecurity strategy, which are sensing and resisting cyber threats.
Feb 232017
THE PHILIPPINE economy is expected to grow above 7% this year, hitting the higher end of the government’s target band, on the back of aggressive spending on infrastructure projects.
Feb 232017
THE Department of Energy (DoE) has told big power users to put on hold negotiations to source supply from retail electricity suppliers ahead of a common stand from government agencies after the Supreme Court blocked regulations that called for retail competition and open access (RCOA) in the power sector.
Feb 232017
THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said it has set its regional offices a quota of one case a month filed against tax law violators in order to assure the public that the agency is doing its job.