The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) Board of Trustees has approved the recommendation of the MWSS Regulatory Office (RO) to implement the 2024 Fourth (4th) Quarter Foreign Currency ...

REMITTANCES sent home by Filipinos overseas breached $3 billion for the first time this year, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Total cash remittances sent by Filipinos abroad ...

THE Philippines’s retail rice prices remained elevated in August due to El Niño and high world prices, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This, despite the ...

INVESTMENT approvals from January to mid-September this year reached P1.35 trillion, surpassing the P1.26-trillion full-year investment approvals last year, with renewable energy projects accounting ...

WHILE more than half of the world’s population now has access to social protection, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has warned that at such a current rate, it can take another 49 years to ...

THE Senate minority last Monday aired “strong opposition” to a measure setting up a “VAT Refund Mechanism for Non-Resident Tourists,” saying it will unjustly take away P4 billion from Filipino ...

THE national government raised P20 billion through the sale of Treasury bills (T-bills) on Monday’s auction as yields across all tenors fell amid expectations of a US Federal Reserve rate cut. The ...

RESULTS of a recent poll by the Manulife Financial Asia Ltd. revealed that establishing passive income, securing emergency savings and achieving financial security during retirement were the top ...

Section 236 of the Tax Code, as amended, requires registration of every person subject to any internal revenue tax with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). It is the duty of all persons engaged in ...

Filipinos enjoy beauty contests of all types and there is none bigger than the US presidential election.  Once upon a time that election was to choose the “Leader of the Free World”. That phrase has ...

Grab Philippines said on Monday it is introducing a series of new safety features and initiatives designed to enhance protection for both passengers and drivers ahead of the holiday rush. The ...

Citicore Renewable Energy Corp.’s (CREC) 13 renewable energy (RE) projects—all lined up for completion this year up to 2026--have been certified as energy projects of national significance by the ...