PHL-Canada FTA goals include expanded chip, garment access
THE PHILIPPINES will bat for liberalized trade in semiconductors, electronics, garments, and farm products in negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) with Canada, an official said.
Rice industry wants more say in review of tariff EO
THE GOVERNMENT needs to improve industry representation in the review of Executive Order (EO) No. 62, which cut the tariff on imported rice to...
BIR confirms tax-free status of gymnast Yulo’s prize haul
TWO-TIME Olympic gold medalist Carlos Edriel P. Yulo is exempt from paying taxes on the prizes and incentives he received after he won two...
China’s actions in South China Sea patently illegal — PHL Defense chief
CHINA’S actions in the South China Sea are “patently illegal,” the Philippines’ Defense chief said on Monday after a clash in disputed waters on...
ASEAN alerted amid hunt for ex-Philippine mayor
SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS were on alert amid a Philippine hunt for a dismissed mayor accused of coddling illegal offshore gambling operations in the country, a senator said on Monday.
Quiboloy said to be getting kid-glove treatment
THE PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) is treating embattled church leader Apollo C. Quiboloy with a kid glove, the chief of a lawyer’s group said on Monday.
Australian employees now have the right to ignore work e-mails, calls after hours as...
SYDNEY — Is your boss texting you on the weekend? Work e-mail pinging long after you’ve left for home?
Australian employees can now ignore those...
Harris has raised $540 million since launching her presidential campaign
WASHINGTON — Democrat Kamala Harris has raised $540 million in little more than a month since she began her race for US president, with...
Pavel Durov has nothing to hide, Telegram says of arrested founder
PARIS/MOSCOW — Pavel Durov, the Russian-born founder of Telegram who was arrested in Paris, has nothing to hide and it is absurd to hold...
Fed cuts to bolster BSP easing cycle
THE US Federal Reserve’s latest signals of policy easing may give the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) more confidence to continue its own rate cut cycle, analysts said.
PHL economy ‘will not lag far behind Vietnam’ — Moody’s Analytics
ECONOMIC GROWTH in the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia is seen to continue on an expansionary path until 2025, Moody’s Analytics said....
NEDA says PHL needs to benchmark number of holidays against neighbors
THE PHILIPPINES may have to benchmark its number of holidays against other Southeast Asian countries, as having “too much” holidays may discourage foreign investors, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said.