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Negative List awaits PRRD’s signature
31 July, 2018 at 11:43
President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s long-delayed foreign investments negative list is now ready for the Chief Executive’s signature, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said.
Metro Pacific gets original proponent status for...
31 July, 2018 at 08:00
Infrastructure giant Metro Pacific Investments Corp. took a big step forward on its offer to build a 50.4-kilometer toll road that will significantly cut travel time between Manila, Tagaytay and Batangas.
TRAIN 2 stalls in Senate despite Duterte...
30 July, 2018 at 17:00
Although President Rodrigo Duterte had certified as “urgent” the second package of the tax reform law in his State of the Nation Address (Sona), the Senate is uncertain if it would soon pass another potentially…
Duterte to issue EO soon banning open-pit...
30 July, 2018 at 15:00
Malacañang on Thursday said President Duterte would ban open-pit mining soon through an executive order.
Teves: Time to amend restrictive economic provisions...
30 July, 2018 at 13:00
Former Finance Secretary Gary B. Teves views the current exercise of amending the 1987 Constitution to a federal form of government as an opportunity to amend the restrictive economic provisions in the Charter.
US trade chief eyes deals on Nafta,...
30 July, 2018 at 10:53
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Thursday the United States is in the finishing stages of completing a deal to update Nafta and plans to pursue free trade agreements…
Statement of Senator Juan Miguel F. Zubiri...
26 July, 2018 at 13:11
I would like to correct and clarify the impression that the Senate will not pass the TRAIN 2 measure in our chamber. That is not for me to decide alone.
State of the Nation Address of Rodrigo...
24 July, 2018 at 14:13
Delivered at the Session Hall of the House of Representatives, Batasang Pambansa Complex, Quezon City, 23 July 2018
China’s Global Building Spree Runs Into Trouble...
24 July, 2018 at 12:00
Pakistan’s first metro, the Orange Line, was meant to be an early triumph in China’s quest to supplant U.S. influence here and redraw the world’s geopolitical map.
[OPINION] DOTr approves NAIA Consortium
23 July, 2018 at 17:00
One of President Duterte’s promises during his campaign is to fervently help the poor. This can only be achieved by making the Philippines more inclusive through effective transportation connectivity in our country.
Business cites issues ahead of 3rd SONA
23 July, 2018 at 13:00
Businessmen will perk up their ears as President Rodrigo R. Duterte delivers his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) today amid improvements in state finances as well as perceived mounting overheating and political risks
DOF: Investors’ tax perks reach P376B in...
23 July, 2018 at 10:49
Tax incentives given away to investors – in turn, foregone revenues for the national government – totaled P376 billion from 2015 to 2016, such that the head of the Duterte administration’s economic team…
JFC statement on Senate Resolution no. 73
18 July, 2018 at 16:50
STATEMENT FOR HEARING OF SENATE ECONOMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE RE THE
FOREIGN INVESTMENT ACT OF 1989 RA 7142, as amended…
South-east Asia faces trade war fallout
18 July, 2018 at 10:06
A US-China trade war risks doing severe collateral damage to south-east Asia’s biggest emerging economies.
