Stocks drop on profit taking after Monday rally
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PHILIPPINE STOCKS closed lower on Tuesday on profit taking after the main index hit the 7,000 level for the first time since…
Aboitiz, Zobel de Ayala headline PHL business delegation to Davos
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REUTERS THE Philippine business delegation to the Davos conference in Switzerland was led by the heads of some of the country’s biggest…
Film industry bats for reduced taxes in Congress
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PHILSTAR FILE PHOTO THE film industry told Congress it is too heavily taxed, and added that reducing the tax burden would encourage…
SRA calls for sale of smuggled sugar at Kadiwa stores
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A MAN repacks sugar in packets at a public market in Taguig City, Aug. 27, 2008. — REUTERS/CHERYL RAVELO THE Sugar Regulatory…
Government generates P681M in procurement savings
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BW FILE PHOTO THE GOVERNMENT generated savings of P681.2 million from procurement efficiencies in 2022, up 21.8% from a year earlier, the…
BSP notes improvement in accuracy of household inflation views
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A supermarket is seen in Quezon City, March 4 2022. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said…
PHL mangrove losses second worst in region
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THE PHILIPPINES lost 10.5% of its mangrove trees between 1990 and 2010, trailing only Myanmar’s losses of 27.6%, which are reckoned for…
PHL looks to US, Japanese tech to improve connectivity
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REUTERS THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said on Tuesday that it hopes to tap US and Japanese technology to…
Marcos: Asia-Pacific region won’t take sides amid political tensions
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OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY COUNTRIES in the Asia-Pacific region should avoid taking sides amid intensifying geopolitical tensions, Philippine President Ferdinand R….
Senate bill to revive 2007 law on ‘holiday economics’
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ KRIZ JOHN ROSALES A SENATOR has filed a bill that seeks to boost local tourism by setting national holidays that…