THE Department of Energy (DoE) has called for the immediate passage of legislation that will allow the government to tap into its accumulated share in the revenue from the offshore Malampaya natural gas project.
Mar 302017
Mar 302017
THE GOVERNMENT is set to notify the World Trade Organization (WTO) on its failure to prepare for the end of the quantitative restriction (QR) regime on rice.
Mar 292017
THE Department of Finance (DoF) has filed a motion for reconsideration on a Supreme Court (SC) ruling that nullified limits on tax exemptions enjoyed by minimum wage earners.
Mar 292017
THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) will investigate the disposal of substandard steel angle bars, after the Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) claimed possible irregularities in the process that may result in the seized bars leaking onto the market.
Mar 292017
We have long known that foreign investment in the Philippines helps our country get by, through employment generation, stimulation of economic growth and promotion of technology transfer, among others. While some may prefer to fully liberalize the Philippine economy, our Constitution recognizes the fact that some industries are better left for Filipinos to control, especially those that affect national interest. The policy objective is to preserve the National patrimony and heritage for the use and enjoyment of the Filipino people. This somehow helps us value our freedom and independence from foreign occupation, something our heroes have fought long and hard to achieve.
Mar 292017
I continue to evangelize the effectiveness of Press Releases and I am glad some of you are taking that to heart and sending out Press Releases. Let me give you a few pointers on how to write more effective Press Releases.
Mar 292017
You want to watch TV but your partner is sleepy. What to do. Buy a wireless headset. You are hard of hearing. The rest of the household is normal. What do do? Buy a wireless headset and set it to your preferred volume. …
Mar 282017
The names of singer Tina Turner, actor Jet Li and Philippine Senator Alan Peter Cayetano are all included in a Wikipedia list of distinguished former United States citizens who relinquished their nationality and whose relinquishment is memorialized in the official “Federal Register” of distinguished former US citizens …
Mar 282017
TAXPAYERS will be able to file their tax returns until April 17 without penalty, according to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), which nevertheless urged the public to file their returns before the Easter holidays.
Mar 282017
THE Philippine-Hungary Business Forum was convened yesterday along with the re-opening of the Embassy of Hungary in Manila, signaling more economic cooperation between the two countries.