In the wake of NEDA statistics showing the poor are still with us, the Philippines was cited as a “rising star” in the backdrop of a gloomy world economy by credit rating agency Moody’s Investor Read More
The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) recently announced that starting May this year, electric power consumers will enjoy cuts in billings at the rate of 12 centavos per kilowatt hour (kWh). For households consuming 100 and Read More
IdeaSpace Foundation, Inc. recently announced the winning teams in the national search for the Philippine’s top tech business ideas. The ten winners were chosen from 700 entries in the competition that opened in August 2012 Read More
Banana farmers in Davao del Norte are earning additional income by processing and selling what used to be junked as farm waste. Banana stalks, which used to be junked and allowed to rot in the Read More
“Strawberries, apples, and nectarines can only be grown in cold places.” This used to be true. But not anymore. A Bicolano agribusiness expert, Leonardo Libreja, has shown these fruits can be successfully propagated in tropical Read More
The Philippine private business sector is among the most optimistic in the world, second only to Peru’s, according to the recently-released Grant Thomson International Business Report (IBR) survey results for the first quarter of 2013. Read More
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will train selected residents of Davao City and Davao del Sur under a program patterned after the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s cash-for-work program. TESDA Read More
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), in its Memorandum No. 4-2013, identified professionals, the self-employed, and sole-proprietorships falling under certain criteria as candidates for priority tax audit and investigation by Revenue District Offices (RDOs). Read More
Self-regulate and act promptly on complaints of customers. This is the Department Trade and Industry’s advice to Internet-based entrepreneurs so that government need not step in to impose restrictions that might curtail the growth of Read More
The Philippines cannot afford to be complacent despite its standout growth of 6.6 per cent in 2012 but rather should push harder to improve its investment climate and sustain growth. This assessment came from Minister Read More
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