
Fuel tax suspension seen aiding poorest Filipinos
Suspending excise taxes on petroleum products would be felt most immediately by low-income households, according to Emmanuel Leyco, president and chief…
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Suspending excise taxes on petroleum products would be felt most immediately by low-income households, according to Emmanuel Leyco, president and chief…
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The central bank’s latest Senior Bank Loan Officers’ Survey showed that a majority of banks will keep existing credit assessment criteria for both business and…
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Calls for the government to act to lower prices — either by suspending or removing the fuel taxes — and to fire the officials who imposed those burdens on…
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The US being the world’s largest economy, decisions by the Federal Reserve have significant spillover effects on other central banks. While the Fed and the…
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The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) resumed its decline, slumping to 5,833.64 (-1.26 percent) as investors ended the shortened trading week in…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) projects April headline inflation to settle within 5.6 to 6.4 percent, marking another monthly surge in overall prices as…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and BDO Foundation have partnered to roll out a financial education program aimed at improving money management among…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)’s recent decision to hike interest rates may help curb rising inflation, according to Michael Ricafort, chief economist…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and BDO Foundation have partnered to roll out a financial education program aimed at improving money management among…
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UnionBank of the Philippines has launched a new feature on its mobile app that allows customers to open a Personal Equity and Retirement Account (PERA),…
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iJooz, the company operating the vending machine, had to replace all 500 straws in the dispenser.
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Anticipation of broader price hikes and additional policy tightening dampened trading even as the peso marginally depreciated P60.71 from previously P60.70 per…
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Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla announced Monday that the government is pursuing criminal charges against two youth council chairpersons in Makati City…
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Malacañang on Monday said it respects the decision of lawyer Manases Carpio, husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, to file criminal complaints…
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Atty. Mans Carpio, the husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, has officially filed a complaint before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office this Monday over the…
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The complaint alleged that the disclosure of the records was used for ‘political harassment and black propaganda’ against Duterte ahead of the 2028 elections.
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As temperatures rise, the number of safe and productive working hours shrinks.
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It is a fundamental rule in statutory construction that between a general law and a special law, the latter prevails because a special law reveals the…
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