MANILA, Philippines - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday urged the Aquino administration to spend more, attract higher investments, and
Read MoreTHE BUREAU of Internal Revenue (BIR) missed its revenue goal last month despite an annual improvement in collections. The bureau netted P66.55 bill
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. AS we enter into the last quarter of 2011, it becomes more obvious every day that the confidence of January has tu
Read MoreRegional News Central banks in much of Asia are rapidly turning dovish as worries about the global economy supercede inflation fears, forcing a u-t
Read MoreLackluster trade to trim GDP expansion this year The Philippines cut its growth and trade forecasts for this year and the next on uncertainty over
Read MoreGlobal News 'There are a billion new consumers that are going to join the middle class in Asia over the next 10 years. We have to have access to th
Read MoreThe 2011 GDP growth forecast for the Philippine economy has turned gloomier and gloomier. First, the Asian Development Bank, then the World Bank, th
Read MoreIMPROVING ENFORCEMENT, raising excise tax rates on some products and streamlining investors’ fiscal perks are a preferable option for government as
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Dutch financial giant ING Bank sees the amount of money sent home by Filipinos abroad climbing by six percent to a record lev
Read MoreThe Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) is aiming to introduce exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and securities lending to lure overseas investors to one of
Read MoreThe United States government has extended aid to the Philippines to allow it to eventually accede to the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP
Read MoreTHE TRADE department has proposed capacity-building programs, to be supported by the Partnership for Growth United States-led development initiative
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - A new sin tax measure would allow the government to add at least five million recipients or beneficiaries of state health insu
Read MoreTHE Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed an injunction issued by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Pasay City stopping the Department of Finance (DOF)
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 MoreEfforts by the government to catch up on its infrastructure spending in the second quarter fell short as public construction was again cited as a ma
Read MoreRegional News This is an article repost. The Revenue Department of Thailand has completed its report containing estimates for the cost of the countr
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