Exporters seek fuel, power VAT cut
Exporters are urging the government to reduce the value-added tax on fuel and electricity as rising global oil prices linked to tensions in the Middle East…
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Exporters are urging the government to reduce the value-added tax on fuel and electricity as rising global oil prices linked to tensions in the Middle East…
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There is strong reason to believe that government policy remains business as usual. The wealthy and large corporations are shielded, including the oil firms.
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With negotiations underway for a potential Canada-Philippines Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and global supply chains facing rising geopolitical risks, Philippine…
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Households face a cascade of price hikes, with increases in fuel, electricity, water, and transport fares expected as early as next month, driven partly by the…
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Senator Loren Legarda has unveiled a three-pronged legislative push to lighten the load on Filipino households by overhauling the country’s value-added tax…
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‘The ongoing conflict in the Middle East has resulted in the disruption of liquefied natural gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.’
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While many are still grappling with a sharp spike in fuel prices, electricity users served by Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will also see higher power…
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A bill to expand More Electric and Power Corp.’s (MORE Power) franchise beyond Iloilo City has cleared the House of Representatives and now awaits Senate…
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The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is mobilizing all resources to protect customers from potential electricity price spikes amid escalating tensions in the…
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Once upon a time, not in some distant land but right here in the Philippines, an unspeakable culinary calamity struck. Fried chicken vanished. Not…
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While the immediate response is a show of ‘performative action,’ the gains are very small.
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Domestic liquidity (M3) — the amount of money circulating within the Philippine economy — grew by 8.6 percent year-on-year in January, based on preliminary…
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The Cebu City Council approved a resolution Sunday inviting private water companies to supply residents directly, a move that formally challenges the…
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Something curious is happening behind the scenes of the country’s trade corridors, and a few insiders in business circles are quietly raising alarms.
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Changes in WESM prices directly affect the cost of electricity purchased by distribution utilities, which in turn influences power rates paid by households and…
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The National Food Authority (NFA) is upgrading warehouses with automated ventilation, solar power, and improved insulation to cut post-harvest losses and…
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Government offices have been ordered to tighten energy conservation measures, including setting air-conditioning thermostats to no lower than 24 degrees…
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Electric cooperatives, often linked to dominant political figures, should give way to more efficient private operators with the resources to improve the…
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