Foreign buyers of Philippine garments are seeking for the revival of the garments sector after the country lost its position as the world’s top supplier.
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) said the Philippines could supplement 57 to 60 percent of its energy needs with renewables by 2040 if carbon taxes or...
Local seaweed products are assured of a steady market in the United States as the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that carrageenan, a seaweed-derived substance...
Developer’s Filinvest Land, Inc. (FLI) expects to spend P23 billion this year, up 4.5 percent from last year’s P22 billion, as itcontinues to expand its businesses.
Kinetic, an out-of-home media agency has launched its pioneering research study on out-of-home media in the Philippines. This is the first of its kind and most comprehensive in its form specifically executed in Metro Manila during the last quarter of 2013.
LONDON/PARIS - Spanish, Italian and Portuguese equities have been star performers in 2014 so far, but not everyone is convinced, and bets on a future retreat in the euro zone periphery are rising.
by Reuters on January 14, 2014 [totalcount] [comment_count]
LISBON/BEIJING - Portugal has chosen Fosun International Ltd to buy the insurance arm of state bank Caixa Geral de Depositos for 1 billion euros ($1.4 billion) allowing the government to further exceed its privatization revenue goal.
Cebu Pacific Air partners with the Department of Tourism in its Bangon Tours initiative, offering 75 percent discount on seats on all its destinations for summer travel.
by AMADO P. MACASAET on January 13, 2014 [totalcount] [comment_count]
Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima has not asked a company he described as tax evader to explain its side in an urgent and confidential memorandum that has been defied by the Bureau of Customs, the Bureau of Internal Revenue and two of his undersecretaries.
by Richmond Mercurio on January 13, 2014 [totalcount] [comment_count]
Some 50 years ago, gas and oil was found in Northern Cebu. This discovery, however, was abandoned with prospectors convinced that they were not of commercial quantity.
by JIMMY CALAPATI on January 13, 2014 [totalcount] [comment_count]
The Philippine economy, last year’s fastest growing economy in the region, will likely slow down by at least one percentage point due to international pressures led by the tapering plan of the US Federal Reserve.
Subsidies disbursed by the national government to government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) from January to November last year ballooned to P39 billion, up 46.51 percent from last year.
The Board of Investments (BOI) , in a move to prune down the list of industries and plug revenue leakage, will not grant uniform incentives to those listed in the 2014 Investment Priorities Plan (IPP) .
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