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Second-quarter net income slipped 20 percent to $2.78 billion, or $1 a share, from $3.45 billion, or $1.23, a year earlier, the New [...]
MANILA, Philippines – Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima has called for the US to address "fundamental issues" after its debt downgrade and said the world needed other "more stable" reserve currencies beyond the dollar.
"Unless the US address their fundamental issues, I think we may have entered an era of less predictable and less stable global financial [...]
MANILA, Philippines – The tax bureau has padlocked a clothing firm in Malabon City for alleged tax evasion.
In a statement on Thursday, the Bureau of Internal Revenue said its investigation showed that I-Weave United Corporation understated its sales in 2006 to reduce its income tax and VAT payables.
"Total deficiency tax liability of the corporation for [...]
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Value of merchandise exports from locators here increased faster last year, hitting $1.34 billion, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) said in a statement Tuesday.
The statement quoted SBMA Administrator and CEO Armand D. Arreza as saying that such exports last year surpassed the $1.08 billion recorded in 2009 by 24.5%. Exports [...]
MANILA, Philippines – The Jose Rizal U (JRU) Bombers stepped up their bid for a twice-to-beat advantage with a 73-55 win over the St. Benilde Blazers on Friday in the 86th NCAA men’s basketball tournament at The Arena in San Juan City.
Already in the Final Four following their 67-64 win over Arellano last Monday, JRU [...]
MANILA, Philippines — Filipino sports analyst Al Mendoza believes there is only way Manny Pacquiao can lose to Antonio Margarito on Sunday–through one lucky punch from the Mexican.
“So, ang putok lang na pwedeng abutin ni Pacquiao ay suntok. Isang lucky punch lang ang makakatama…para matalo si Pacquiao. Ganun kasimple ang laban, isang lucky punch lang [...]
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In its report, Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) warned that PVC shower curtains released chemicals that are hazardous to public health and contaminate [...]
MANILA, Philippines – The government set the minimum coupon rates for new 10-year and 25-year benchmark bonds it is offering on Thursday until Dec. 10 via a debt exchange for shorter-dated bonds.
The Bureau of Treasury said the minimum coupon rate for the new 2020 bond is at 5.875% and the new 2035 bonds at [...]
MANILA, Philippines – From P56.539 billion, the market value of the sequestered shares in San Miguel Corp. held by the government surged to close to P85 billion, a huge amount if only the government could take hold of all this.
But the Aquino administration, like the previous Arroyo administration, cannot do so because of the pending [...]
MANILA, Philippines – The Flight Attendants’ and Stewards’ Association of the Philippines (FASAP) will finally hold its strike by the end of the month or early November, unless the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) steps in in the interest of the entire country.
Not one provision has been agreed upon by the union and the [...]