BIAP proposes options for beverage tax
By Arra B. Francia and Elijah Joseph C. Tubayan
Reporters
THE BEVERAGE Industry Association of the Philippines (BIAP) has proposed to lower the tax to be...
DoJ to hear today rebellion case vs Maute, drug case vs Peter Lim
By Kristine Joy V. Patag
Reporter
THE DEPARTMENT of Justice (DoJ) on Monday, Aug. 14, conducts its preliminary investigation hearing on two high-profile cases as it...
Ayala looks to partner with MPIC for MRT-3 rehab
By Krista A.M. Montealegre,
National Correspondent
AYALA CORP. plans to team up with Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) to rehabilitate and upgrade the Metro Railway Transit (MRT)...
BoI upgrades best-case investment target for 2017
TRADE Secretary Ramon M. Lopez said that 2017 investment pledges registered with the Board of Investments (BoI) could be as high as P550 billion,...
DM Consunji books new contracts worth P11.7B in first six months
DM CONSUNJI, Inc. secured contracts amounting to P11.7 billion in the first six months of 2017, more than twice the P4.5 billion worth of...
Yields on Treasury bills to move sideways on geopolitical issues
TREASURY BILLS (T-bills) on offer today may receive mixed bids from sentiment-driven market players amid geopolitical tensions between the United States and North Korea...
BPI eyes increased use of digital banking platforms
By Melissa Luz T. Lopez,
Senior Reporter
BANK of the Philippine Islands (BPI) wants to get more clients to use digital banking platforms to improve efficiency...
NEDA ICC approves Pasig bridges, Mindanao roads
THE CABINET-LEVEL Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) on Friday approved six projects worth P57.494 billion, the Department of Finance (DoF) said in a statement.
These approved projects include:...
Japan’s Miniso ventures into Mindanao through SM malls
DAVAO CITY — Miniso, a Japanese lifestyle specialty shop that has partnered with SM Retail, Inc. for its Philippine operations, opened its second store...
Napocor adds over 28 MW to plants serving off-grid areas
THE National Power Corp. (Napocor) has installed power generation sets with a capacity of 28.686 megawatts (MW) to supplement the capacity of 38 power...
Peso seen sideways ahead of Fed
THE PESO may trade sideways against the greenback this week on the back of softer US inflation as well as bets of upbeat key...
Agri dep’t. sees small impact from bird flu on farm output
THE GOVERNMENT expects the bird flu outbreak in Pampanga to have a small impact on agricultural output in the third quarter.
“I don’t think it...