SRA pushing for duty-free sugar exports to Mainland
THE Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is seeking a bilateral deal to export sugar to China without import duties in exchange for the continued duty-free...
Contestable power market more evenly distributed — PEMC
RETAIL electricity suppliers recorded a “significant change” in their corresponding share in the number of contestable customers during the first quarter, with dominant player...
First-half gov’t borrowing P505 billion
GOVERNMENT borrowing grew nearly 60% year on year after increased bond issues, pushing borrowing in the first half to over half a trillion pesos,...
Senate bill hopes to push energy conservation agenda
THE stability of energy supply can be boosted by a policy framework favoring energy efficiency and conservation, the chairman of the Senate committee on...
Union urges Duterte to set wage hike terms
THE Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP) is urging President Rodrigo R. Duterte to declare a nationwide across-the-board wage hike.
In a...
What’s next after the new IFRS standards?
By Ma. Emilita L. Villanueva
In the last three years, the International Accounting Standards Board or IASB has issued four new major International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). First on...
Central Visayas dev’t plan eyes growth distribution
THE MEDIUM term Regional Development Plan (RDP) of Central Visayas aims to distribute growth from Metro Cebu to its poorest municipalities through ramping up...
Logistics faults to surface in shift to e-commerce
SINGAPORE will take over the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next year and plans to focus on e-commerce initiatives to...
Vietnam wins bulk of NFA rice import order
THE National Food Authority (NFA) has awarded contracts for the supply of 250,000 metric tons (MT) of rice mostly to suppliers from Vietnam, with...
DICT says ready to mitigate impact of ‘unavoidable’ cyber attacks
THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said that the government is ready to deal with any fallout from attacks on the country’s...
PCGG beats first half target for remittances to Treasury bureau
THE Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) said that it remitted to the government P357 million as of end-June, and expects to recover a...
BIR charges 4 with tax evasion
THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said it filed tax evasion charges against three individuals and an industrial-products company.
In a statement Thursday, the BIR...