MANILA, Philippines - The government expects to earn P60 billion a year from a bill seeking to restructure excise taxes on alcohol and tobacco produ
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. In Peter Sellers’ 1979 hit comedy “Being There,” a simple-minded gardener’s utterances drawn from TV commercials a
Read MoreFinance Secretary Cesar Purisima is expected to make a pitch for an investment-grade rating for the Philippines when he meets with executives of cre
Read MoreA BASIC FRAMEWORK has been set for the Senate’s version of the fiscal incentives bill but continuing disagreements between the Finance and Trade dep
Read MoreIT’S going to be a battle of documents. Jetti Petroleum Inc. President Joselito Tibayan Magalona said his company is preparing documents to prove i
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Gregory L. Domingo has proposed a combination of jobs generation and local va
Read MorePROGRESSIVE ECONOMY TRADE FACT OF THE WEEK | September 14, 2011 U.S. government revenue is less than world average, and far below rich-country a
Read MorePROPOSED legislation simplifying the excise tax regime and increasing rates imposed on so-called "sin" products has been drafted by the Finance depa
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government aims to boost annual revenue from tobacco and liquor taxes by as much as P139.33 billion ($3.3 billi
Read MoreMore than a week after President Aquino announced he had picked a new customs commissioner, outgoing Bureau of Customs (BoC) chief Angelito Alvarez
Read MoreMANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) slightly lowered its 2011 growth forecast for the Philippines amidst subdued government spend
Read MoreThis is a re-posted article CUSTOMS commissioner Angelito A. Alvarez is on the way out, with President Benigno S.C. Aquino III declaring he was "no l
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) sees the country’s gross international reserves (GIR) hitting a new record level of $74
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. It seems that I spoke too soon last week as I ended my article with the anticipation that the GDP news to be annou
Read MoreThis is a re-posted press release. Senator Edgardo J. Angara said that the passage of a cybercrime bill will enhance e-governance initiatives in the
Read MoreThis is a re-posted statement. Growth of the Philippine economy eased to a modest 3.4 percent in the second quarter of 2011. In comparison with the c
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Can political reform be divorced from economic reform? Is the Pope Jewish? There’s this fashionable idea that what
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - A bill has been filed in the Senate to lower the coverage of the Senior Citizens Act from citizens aged 60 years old and above
Read MoreTHE BUREAU of Customs (BoC) will follow the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) lead and ban the sale of tax credit certificates (TCCs). "We will al
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