The Philips #MayMagagawaKa campaign encourages Filipinos to start saving energy now to manage the impending power shortage this summer and the years that follow.
Read MoreBusiness groups have indicated skepticism on government claims that operations at the port of Manila have “completely normalized†after months of tightness due to the pileup of cargo containers.
Read MoreThe approval rating of President Benigno S. C Aquino III has fallen to its lowest after the Mamasapano fiasco, which may curtail the administration’s push for key legislative measures including much-awaited economic reforms according to analysts, even though business groups remain hopeful.
Read MoreIt was exactly one month and ten days since she bowed out as chairperson of the Commission on Audit. On that Thursday afternoon, Maria Gracia Pulido Tan was upbeat and candid, talking about her stint in government at the Integrity Initiative forum organized by the Makati Business Club and the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines.
Read MoreBoth Chambers of Congress are on the verge of giving up on passing a joint resolution that will allow the President to address an electricity shortage expected to take place from March to July in Luzon.
Read MoreI havenot done a retro diary in over a year. So, I figured, with the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) and the European Union (EU) holding its joint Network and Opportunities event during the middle of last week at the InterContinental Manila, this was the perfect time to bring it back.
Read More“Senator (Juan Edgardo) Angara has reiterated today that the incentives will not be part of the budget and will only be an addendum. The way it was explained to the business community, it is more for statistical purposes and not for approval purposes,†he said.
Read MoreMalacañang said yesterday efforts to decongest the ports were progressing and that importers and forwarders were now being urged to reduce trucking rates back to where they were prior to the congestion.
Read MoreA proposal to cut the individual income tax rate to 25 percent from the present 32 percent is unlikely to happen before the end of the Aquino administration but a re-bracketing of the tax rates is doable, according to Sen. Sonny Angara.
Read MoreThe reduction of income tax rates for both individual and corporate taxpayers will not be achieved within the term of President Benigno S. C. Aquino III, Senator Juan Edgardo M. Angara said on Tuesday, citing pleas from some agencies to go slow on tax cuts.
Read MoreA consortium of six high-profile organizations believes the country’s sugar industry can become more globally competitive if it becomes more energy efficient.
Read MoreSenator Juan Edgardo “Sonny†Angara, chair of the Senate committee on ways and means, said that fiscal incentives granted to export-oriented enterprises should be maintained but there must be a sunset clause to incentives granted to prospective investors.
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