House measures taxing plastics, digital services pass on third reading
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS PRIORITY legislation taxing single-use plastics, foreign digital service providers, as well as a bill reforming the tax regime…
Upgrades to ASEAN trade deal with Australia, New Zealand expected to benefit MSMEs
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PHILIPPINES.AUSTAL.COM THE recently agreed updates to the ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) deal are expected to accelerate the…
Aquaculture industry says easing of import ban on fish feed ingredient to aid food security goals
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BRUCE WARRINGTON-UNSPLASH THE aquaculture industry said easing the import ban on processed animal proteins (PAP), a key ingredient in fish feed, will…
CTA rejects P38.68-million VAT refund appeal over late filing
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CTA.JUDICIARY.GOV.PH/ THE Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has rejected an appeal by Pilipinas Kyohritsu, Inc. to review its claim for P38.68 million…
HSBC touts expansion in green project financing channels
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REUTERS THE channels for financing green projects are expanding, just as the Philippines seeks to make sustainability a key feature of its…
Guidelines for the transfer of PEZA-registered IT-BPM firms to the BoI
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Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) registered companies are required to operate within economic zones in order to be entitled to tax incentives….
No progress made on ‘code of conduct’ at summits — Marcos
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LEADERS at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits last week in Cambodia. — OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY By Kyle…
Opposition senators seek scrapping of VP intel fund
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VICE-PRESIDENT Sara Duterte-Carpio — PHILIPPINE STAR/ RUSSELL PALMA By Alyssa Nicole O. Tan, Reporter AN OPPOSITION senator on Monday asked his peers…
25 cops in drug war charged, Philippine DoJ tells UN rights council
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ JOHN UNSON AT LEAST 25 policemen have been charged with murder in connection to what could have been wrongful deaths…
Philippines’ daily COVID average rises by 43%
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ WALTER BOLLOZOS THE PHILIPPINES posted 9,069 coronavirus infections in the past week, with the daily average rising by 43% from…