The local gold trade may just prove to be a gold mine for government revenue collectors. The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Thursday charged a
Read MoreAS CONGRESS resumes regular sessions this week, Sen. Edgardo Angara pressed for early approval of the bill creating a Department of Information and
Read MorePresident Benigno Aquino III has exempted the mining industry from the total log ban in exchange for obligating the industry to take part in the Nat
Read MoreTWO STATE agencies have filed a petition with the Supreme Court to allow the government to collect taxes from Philippine Airlines’ (PAL) importation
Read MoreImagine the environmental impact of giving blanket authority to mining companies to cut down thousands of trees in forests: more floods and landslid
Read MoreThe Department of Energy (DoE) is studying the possibility of extending the special discounted power rate being offered to ecozone locators, given t
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - More socio-economic and anti-corruption measures are up for approval in the House of Representatives upon the resumption of se
Read MoreRegional News (Updates with comments from Clinton in ninth paragraph.) Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- To China, the world’s biggest energy consumer, anoth
Read MoreGlobal News This is a re-posted press release. Building on Recent Momentum, Donohue Calls Trade an ‘Antidote to Our Weak Economy and Answer to Doubt
Read MorePRESIDENT BENIGNO S.C. Aquino III left for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii on Friday, with the intention of
Read MoreRegional News This is a re-posted blog article. I noticed a buzz about the economy, when I was in Indonesia last week, which was very different from
Read MoreRegional News This is a re-posted report. On November 11–19, President Barack Obama will embark on a critically important trip through the Pacific,
Read MoreRegional News This is a re-posted press release. Donohue Calls on Japan to Follow Announcement With A Strong, Sustained Commitment to Market-Openi
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima rightly says: “To have [our legal system] depend on faith and on the goodwill of t
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. As one recalls, when Ninoy Aquino had to ask for permission to go to the US for a heart operation, he had already
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Commission on Audit (COA) is ordering the Cebu Ports Authority (CPA) to cause the refund of over P31.7 million in traditio
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Almost exactly a year ago today (Nov. 3, 2011), I wrote about a young couple who had requested to live and do subs
Read MoreThe Philippines is very gradually edging closer to the establishment of a dedicated government department charged with promoting and supporting the
Read MoreTHE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said it has always been prudent in granting income-tax holidays to investors but its hands are tied on so
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. One hears or reads about the Ligots and the Garcias, or for that matter all the other rogues who have brought scan
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