Debt service bill seen rising when PHL refinances short-term loans
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REUTERS THE Philippines and India are “most at risk” of having to refinance debt in an environment of rising interest rates because…
Marcos urged to support agri, manufacturing without relying on FDI
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ KRIZ JOHN ROSALES THE GOVERNMENT should seek to grow the economy to ease its debt burden by offering incentives for…
Support for growers of feed corn seen having follow-on benefits for livestock
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REUTERS SUPPORT for growers of yellow corn, the variety used in animal feed, will be beneficial to downstream users of the grain…
RCEF aid called inaccessible as bid to repeal rice law intensifies
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THE industry modernization component of the Rice Tariffication Law, which is funded by tariffs on rice imports, has been inefficiently handled, with…
Marcos needs to focus on job-generating production industries, think tank says
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REUTERS THE weak job market and the declining quality of jobs are the result of the government’s failure to develop industries involved…
PESO Act amendment seeks to add entrepreneurship assistance services
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PHILSTAR A SENATE BILL seeking to amend the PESO Act, which created a government office for job referrals, hopes to add facilitation…
Audit notice: No point in delaying the inevitable
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I can only imagine the worry that taxpayers feel when they receive a Letter of Authority (LoA) from the Bureau of Internal…
910 more cases of Omicron subvariants detected
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS THE PHILIPPINES has logged 910 more infections involving more contagious subvariants of the Omicron coronavirus, the Department of…
Watchdog rejects proposal to defer village elections
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BW FILE PHOTO THE NATIONAL Citizen’s Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) on Wednesday rejected a proposal to defer by a year village…
115 Filipinos in crisis-hit Sri Lanka want to come home
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DEMONSTRATORS celebrate after entering the president’s house during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 9. — REUTERS AT LEAST 115 Filipinos…