2025 tax burden deepens for Pinoys
In the Philippines at present, earning a salary, binge-watching your favorite series, saving for the future — or even selling property —
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In the Philippines at present, earning a salary, binge-watching your favorite series, saving for the future — or even selling property —
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The Chavez decision is a cautionary tale. It reminds us that real estate agreements should never be left to chance or informal promises.
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For many Filipinos, payday doesn’t bring relief—it’s just the start of another sprint toward the next bill. But Maya, the country’s leading digital bank, aims…
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The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has formally sealed a partnership with Tokyo-based Mizuho Bank, a move seen to attract more Japanese and Asian…
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Billions vanish into questionable projects, yet the solution is always to take more from ordinary citizens rather than recover the stolen funds or tax the…
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Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) grew its profit by 7.8 percent to P33 billion in the first half of the year due to higher net interest income.
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City Savings Bank, Inc. (CitySavings) is stepping up efforts to support Filipino educators by partnering with two key education institutions to deliver…
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In a move to ramp up support for the government’s economic agenda, the state-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has successfully raised P8.25…
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The conglomerate’s parent company, SM Investments Corporation, has formalized a dedicated working group that regularly brings together its subsidiaries to…
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While gathering documents for the scholarship application of my child earlier this year, I found out that my husband married another woman on 8 August 2008,…
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EastWest has been awarded the Mid-Sized Retail Bank of the Year (Philippines) at the 2025 Asian Banking & Finance (ABF) Retail Banking Awards in Manila,…
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UnionBank has opened a new branch at the Aboitiz Corporate Center in Cebu City, reinforcing its commitment to enhancing financial access in one of the region’s…
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Without decisive reforms, the Philippines risks falling short of the long-term growth needed to raise living standards and reduce inequality across regions.
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While counterintuitive to some, the law does not require the physical recovery of a corpse to sustain a charge of murder.
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The Philippines has the potential to fast-track its transformation into a middle-class society by 2040 – provided it adopts a more strategic approach to…
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Since hospital owners with impunity continue to demand deposits from incoming patients, I have been repetitive, persistent and impatient in demanding that no…
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What the anti-gun lobby refuses to say is that legal gun ownership in the Philippines is already one of the most regulated in the region.
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Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. reaffirmed the Philippines’ commitment to the 2016 Arbitral Award on the South China Sea, emphasizing the rule of law as…
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