A 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 MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. In several Senate inquiries into deals in the previous administration, one of the remarkable aspects was the expre
Read MoreThis is a re-posted op-ed piece. As he had promised, President Aquino replaced Angelito Alvarez as Customs commissioner the other day. And public spe
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has agreed to establish their National Single Windows (NSWs) by 2012 and co
Read MoreNEWLY appointed Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence Danilo Lim of the Bureau of Customs (BOC), who took his oath of office on Thursday, is determin
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Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—Almost half of the world’s personal computer users acquire software through illegal means most or all of the time, according to
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Gregory L. Domingo has proposed a combination of jobs generation and local va
Read MoreThere are an estimated 1.7 million professionals in the country, but they paid only P9.8 billion in taxes in 2010, Revenue Commissioner Kim Jacinto-
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Didn’t President Aquino admonish media to stay out of his so-called “love life”? Why then does it seem that he him
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Yesterday Senators Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Pia Cayetano returned to lecture at their intellectual home, Malco
Read MoreJailed for seven years for involvement in alleged plots to unseat two Philippine leaders, former Army Brig. Gen. Danny Lim on Thursday launched anot
Read MoreLawyers and doctors be warned. Well-known election lawyer George Erwin Garcia, who counts among his clients deposed President Joseph Estrada and so
Read MoreThe way Science Secretary Mario Montejo talks about it, he makes it seem like he is at a loss on what the fuss is all about… To him it’s really just
Read MoreJAPANESE OFFICIALS cited the Philippine business environment, power rates, infrastructure, and foreign equity limits as con
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines (AP) — A retired Philippine military budget chief whose plunder charges were dismissed by a civilian court was rearrested by the
Read MoreThis is a re-posted newsletter article. 14 September 2011 - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said today that President Benigno S. Aquino III w
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 MorePhilippine President Benigno Aquino arrives Monday in the United States on a five-day visit to seek investments and promote his government's anti-co
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Senate would investigate the P50-billion presidential bridge program of the Arroyo administration that was made through th
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