Part 4 News: General Business Environment
Aboitiz unit gets crack at Bohol airport
1 October, 2018 at 16:11
Conglomerate Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. said its unit won a coveted original proponent status to operate and further develop the New Bohol International Airport, which is scheduled to open around October this year.
[JFC Statement] Foreign Chamber Comments on TRABAHO
1 October, 2018 at 10:55
Leading business associations in the Philippines are supporting the TRABAHO bill in the Congress but urge that it contain provisions that continue to support the country’s competitiveness.
Job risks in focus as Senate starts...
27 September, 2018 at 10:44
The Senate Ways and Means committee on Tuesday began discussions on corporate tax reform, zeroing in on potential risk to jobs when the government removes fiscal incentives deemed redundant.
ANGARA: TRABAHO BILL MUST CREATE JOBS, NOT...
26 September, 2018 at 10:00
Senator Sonny Angara said the Senate committee would not proceed with its deliberation of the TRABAHO bill unless the government can present definitive data on the impact on jobs.
House body turns to financial products as...
26 September, 2018 at 08:00
The House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on Monday raced to tackle more of the Executive’s proposed tax reforms in a bid to approve as many of them as possible before lawmakers turn their attention…
China-based US firms mull transfer to South...
25 September, 2018 at 15:00
American firms in China are considering relocating to Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent amid escalating trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies…
LRT-1 posts record 14.63 million ridership in...
25 September, 2018 at 13:00
LRT-1 saw its highest monthly ridership last month since the consortium of Light Rail Manila Corp. (LRMC) assumed operations in 2015.
BPO office take-up on recovery track
25 September, 2018 at 10:23
Office space demand from business process outsourcing (BPO) companies in Metro Manila is recovering from last year’s decline, Leechiu Property Consultants (LPC) said.
3rd telco required to invest P140-B minimum...
24 September, 2018 at 17:00
At last, the government yesterday (September 21, 2018) released the final rules on the selection of the country’s third telco player, which will be required to invest a minimum of P140 billion to a maximum of P240 billion over a five-year period.
ADB OKs $7.8B in loans for PH...
24 September, 2018 at 15:00
As the Duterte administration prioritizes infrastructure development under its ambitious “Build, Build, Build” program, the Asian Development Bank has increased the share of transport projects…
Clark airport contracts awarded by November —...
24 September, 2018 at 13:00
State-owned Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) expects to award contracts for the power and water distribution requirements in New Clark City…
[OPINION] Water
24 September, 2018 at 11:16
Water everywhere but not a drop to drink! That’s the likely situation faced by many of our countrymen in the hard-hit areas of Typhoon Ompong.
Gloria Arroyo eyes steep tax on open...
21 September, 2018 at 15:00
Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is firm in supporting the policy agenda of President Rodrigo Duterte to prohibit open-pit mining in the country as stated in his third State of the Nation Address (SONA).
‘Trabaho bill’ to force semicons to shed...
21 September, 2018 at 13:00
The irony is real—and could be costly. The government’s second tax-reform measure, dubbed the Trabaho bill in the House of Representatives version, will force the semiconductor industry to lay off 140,000 workers once fiscal incentives are rationalized.
