DTI hails Senate OK of MSME empowerment measure
By Othel V. Campos The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has lauded the approval of the Senate Bill No. 1594 also known as the...
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Hann PH signs P9-b loan with AUB and Unionbank
Hann Philippines Inc. signed a P9-billion syndicated term loan agreement with Asia United Bank Corp. and Union Bank of the Philippines to partially finance the...
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Millers seek retention of MFN tariff on imported wheat flour
Flour millers are calling for the retention of most favored nation tariff on imported wheat flour or meslin flour and imported milling wheat. The Philippine...
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Kia PH sees 15% increase in 2023 sales
Kia Philippines is looking at a 15-percent increase in 2023 vehicles sales to 5,763 units from 5,012 units delivered in 2022. Its forecast is faster...
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More Japanese companies expected to invest in PH
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority said Monday it expects more Japanese companies to invest in the Philippines. “We are encouraging more investments coming from Japan...
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Anti-trust body closely watches PLDT’s full acquisition of Sky Cable for P6.75b
The Philippine Competition Commission is closely watching the planned takeover of Sky Cable Corp. by telecommunications firm PLDT Inc. to make sure that fair competition...
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Tampakan mine operator breaks silence to deny accusation of tax fraud
Copper and gold miner Sagittarius Mines Inc. denied over the weekend what it called “unfounded insinuations” of tax fraud. The miner said it is ready...
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Solutions provider addresses cloud challenges for SMBs
Unlocking the potential of digitization for small and medium businesses is the hallmark of Amazon Web Services’ mission in the Philippines. At the core of...
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Clark airport firm names Bingcang new president
Clark International Airport Corp. announced Friday the appointment of Joshua Bingcang as the company’s new president and chief executive. Bingcang previously served as senior vice...
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PBBM: P20 rice dream alive
Notes price per kilo down nearly half from P43, value chain needs fixing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday said he is still hopeful that...
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The House of Representatives succeeded in approving on third and final reading 23 of 31 bills identified by the Legislative-Executive...
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Wednesday the four new military bases that US troops may use under the Enhanced...
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The Japanese remotely operated vehicle (ROV) tasked to find the sunken tanker that caused a massive oil spill off Oriental...
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday defended his decision to review his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte’s devolution order of national government...
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The Philippines has hired an international lawyer to help the country in its appeal to the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.