Gov't OKs 16,000 tons of tax-free sugar imports Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines--The government has given the go-ahead for private companies to import 16,000 tons of sugar tax-free using the National Food Authority's (NFA) import tariff exemption. | NFA Deputy Administrator Jose Cordero said that seven companies who passed the screening process during a Fe...
P75 pay hike for Metro workers urged Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines – The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) yesterday asked the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for a P75 across-the-board daily wage increase for workers in Metro Manila. | TUCP party-list Representative Raymond Mendoza said the wage hike was necessary to he...
Gov't OKs 16,000 tons of tax-free sugar imports Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines--The government has given the go-ahead for private companies to import 16,000 tons of sugar tax-free using the National Food Authority's (NFA) import tariff exemption. | NFA Deputy Administrator Jose Cordero said that seven comp...
P75 pay hike for Metro workers urged Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines – The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) yesterday asked the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for a P75 across-the-board daily wage increase for workers in Metro Manila. | TUCP party-list Representative Raym...
Next administration likely to raise taxes, Teves says Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—Election promises to not raise taxes will be very hard to keep considering the growing list of 'revenue-eroding' laws passed recently, according to Finance Secretary Margarito B. Teves. | 'The probability of the next administrat...
Global crisis to drag 21 million Asians into poverty The Siasat Daily | Manila, February 17: The global financial crisis could drag 21 million people of the Asia-Pacific region into extreme poverty, a UN and Asian Development Bank report said Wednesday. | The report, entitled "Achieving the Millennium Development Goals...
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Global crisis to drag 21 million Asians into poverty m&c | Manila - The global financial crisis could drag 21 million people of the Asia-Pacific region into extreme poverty, a United Nations and Asian Development Bank report said Wednesd...
Filipino jobs in peril without Taiwan trade deal The Daily Tribune | By Michaela P. del Callar | 02/12/2010 | Taiwan’s top official to the Philippines warned yesterday that thousands of Filipino workers will lose their jobs in Taiwan if the Philip...
NEDA sees 'subdued growth' this year Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—The country should expect "subdued growth" of the economy this year because of the El Nińo drought, sporadic brownouts and higher global oil prices, a governm...
Fiesta Trade Fair Manila The Daily Tribune | M E T R O F I L E | 01/18/2010 | Local and foreign tourists continue to visit in droves as the Fiesta Trade Fair Manila continues its trade exhibit and sale at the exhibition hall of the Greenhills Shopping Center in San Juan City. With the theme “...
The Toyota myth is shattered The Daily Tribune | ZOOMING IN | 03/10/2010 | With the quickening pace of technological advance and the globalization-induced intensification of international competitiveness during the 20th Century’s second half and the 21st Century’s first decade, the creation of business myths has been attended by much difficulty. As a result, there have been very few myths in th...
Vehicle sales up 37%; Campi says industry to continue posting growth Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines--The local automotive industry has kept its growth momentum by registering a 36.6-percent increase in sales as of the end of February. | In the first two months of the year, vehicle sales reached 24,336 units from 17,818 units in the same period last year. | Data from the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines ...
