‘Senate to prioritize sin tax hike before break’
MANILA – The Senate will prioritize the approval of a bill seeking higher taxes on tobacco in the remaining session days before it goes...
DOF’s Dominguez cites benefits of less ‘sin products’ consumption
MANILA – Finance secretary Carlos G. Dominguez vowed that government's drive against the illicit cigarette trade will continue but admitted that there will always...
PH gov’t seeks closer trade, economic ties with Korea
MANILA – Finance secretary Carlos Dominguez III has reaffirmed the Philippine government’s desire to deepen economic ties with South Korea, which recently unveiled plans...
Employers say not all forms of contractualization must be banned
MANILA – The government should not outlaw all forms of labor contractualization, especially those that are practiced globally, an employers' group head said Thursday.
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Asian insurance market saw slowdown in 2018, but return to high growth in sight
MANILA – According to projections by Allianz Research, the global insurance premium volume last year rose to 3,655 billion euros (excluding health insurance). Compared...
NEDA pushes for speedy release of rice fund
MANILA – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is urging the administration's leadership to immediately release the P10-billion Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF)...
28 compete in TESDA-6 2019 regional skills competition
ILOILO City – Twenty-eight competitors from the public and private Technical-Vocational Education and Training (TVET) providers and TESDA Technology Institutes (TTIs) took part in...
12,000 foreign workers in PH unlicensed, inspections show
MANILA – Some 12,000 foreign nationals were found to be working in 33 offshore gaming firms in the country illegally, preliminary results of an...
China’s Xi warns of new ‘long march’ as trade war intensifies
BEIJING – President Xi Jinping of China called for the Chinese people to “start again” and begin a modern “long march,” invoking a turning...
Iloilo City to get Cleanergy from AboitizPower with MORE pact
ILOILO City – Power supply for residents and businesses in Iloilo City is secured after MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) signed an...