ADB could approve $500-million loan for PHL soon
BW FILE PHOTO THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) expects to approve this year a $500-million loan to help the Philippines...
PHL, S.Korea sign tourism cooperation agreement
STOCK IMAGE VIA KOREANAIR.COM THE Department of Tourism (DoT) and South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism signed an...
Ease of compliance seen determining success of new VAT on foreign DSPs
REUTERS By Beatriz Marie D. Cruz, Reporter COMPLIANCE with a new value-added tax (VAT) by foreign digital service providers (DSPs)...
NEA approves credit facility to support power co-ops’ non-network, grid projects
THE National Electrification Administration (NEA) approved a credit facility to support non-network and smart-grid capital expenditure (capex) requirements of electric...
Easier to tax, easier to pay, easier to collect
“Only a crisis — actual or perceived — produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions taken depend on...
Three more PHL regions to announce wage hikes
BW FILE PHOTO By Chloe Mari A. Hufana, Reporter AT LEAST three Philippine regions are expected to announce wage increases...
1,300 Filipinos have come home from war-torn Middle East in past year, says DMW
EMAD EL-BYED-UNSPLASH MORE THAN 1,300 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from war-torn areas in the Middle East have come home since...
Philippines launches P853-M vaccination program in schools
BW FILE PHOTO THE PHILIPPINES’ Health and Education departments on Monday launched an P853-million catch-up vaccination program that seeks to...
Pacquiao, Honasan gun for Senate return after 2022 loss
PEXELS-ELEMENT DIGITAL FORMER SENATORS Emmanuel “Manny” D. Pacquiao and Gregorio “Gringo” B. Honasan II, who both failed to secure a...
