"Let us not allow the pigs in power to take our silence for acquiescence."   It has been more than five years since the multi-billion-peso...

There is nothing like the Christmas break to take stock of the year that is about to end. After the crazy holiday rush, the countdown...

At the approach of Christmas, good cheer ironically seems to be in short supply. Traffic has predictably gotten worse, while the MRT continues to be...

The impact of the proposed taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages on ordinary consumers has been highlighted by government officials and industry experts alike, but its implication...

The Senate approved on third and final reading its version of the Duterte government’s banner Tax Reform and Acceleration and Inclusion bill, sending it one...

Presented as a landmark law that will ease the burden on low-income earners and simultaneously help fund the government’s massive infrastructure program, the ambitious tax...

From consumer advocates to organizations of stores and carinderia owners, a number of groups have come out in opposition to the proposed tax on sugar-sweetened...

The curtain-raiser for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit and related events in Manila this week was a forum that featured a powerhouse line-up...

Ahead of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Manila next week, the Philippine capital is abuzz with the kind of anticipation that...

The beleaguered mining sector recently obtained some sense of direction after the inter-agency Mining Industry Coordinating Council officially voted to lift the ban on open-pit...