Philippines
Philippines BIR files tax evasion case against Richard Gutierrez’s R Gutz Productions
MANILA: The Bureau of Internal Revenue filed tax evasion complaint before the Department of Justice against actor Richard Gutierrez and...
Philippines Customs holds rice worth P289m due to lack of NFA permit
MANILA: An estimated P289 million worth of rice shipments from Vietnam, Pakistan, and Thailand were held by the Bureau of...
Philippines exports continue to grow, up 11% in 2017
MANILA: The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is optimistic on seeing a continued recovery of the country’s exports this...
Philippines, Denmark signs MoU to establish mechanism for bilateral consultations
MANILA: Philippines’ Acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo and Danish Permanent Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ulrik Vestergaard...
Philippine Coast Guard seizes P18m cigarettes with fake tax stamps
MANILA: The Philippine Coast Guard has seized more or less P18 million worth of Mighty cigarettes with fake tax stamps...
Philippines BoC denies mighty bid to lift suspension
MANILA: The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has denied the motion filed by Bulacan-based Mighty Corp. for the BOC to lift...
Ending rice imports could raise prices in Philippines: Experts
MANILA: Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte should take back his decision to stop all rice imports and instead allow private traders...
Philippines’ NFA keep insisting on more rice imports
MANILA: State-run National Food Authority (NFA) continues to insist on the need for an immediate government-to-government importation of 250,000 metric...
Philippines seeking Asia-Pacific partners’ help to advance agriculture exports
MANILA: Increased export opportunities in the region should help drive further growth in the Philippines’ agriculture industry, which expanded strongly...
Philippines BoC seizes fake products worth P500m
MANILA: Philippines Bureau of Customs (BOC) confiscated fake products worth P500 million in a raid on warehouses in Marilao, Bulacan....
Philippines to Indonesia’s lead in tax amnesty
MANILA: The Philippines will follow Indonesia’s lead in implementing a tax amnesty as it seeks to boost revenue to pay...
Philippines stocks lower after closing of trade
MANILA: Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining & Oil, Property and Services...
Philippines GDP growth up 7% in Q1
MANILA: The Philippines’ chief economist expects the country’s gross domestic product to have expanded by about 7 percent in the...
Post-Brexit UK eyes free trade deals with Philippines, ASEAN
MANILA: The United Kingdom is looking at free trade deals with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as a bloc,...
Philippine CPI seen rising for fifth straight month in March
MANILA: Philippine annual inflation likely quickened for a fifth straight in March, but remain within the central bank's target range,...
Golden Haven profit up 19%
MANILA: Golden Haven Memorial Park Inc. posted a record net income of P180.22 million last year, up 19 percent year...
Sugar industry backs Faeldon’s war on smugglers
MANILA: Major stakeholders in the sugar industry yesterday expressed support to the campaign of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) against...
Philippines BIR files P80.3-M tax evasion cases against 4 firms
MANILA: Criminal charges have been filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) with the Department of Justice (DOJ) against...
Philippines consumer confidence slips in Q1
MANILA: Filipino households’ optimism about the Philippine economy eased slightly in the first quarter of 2017 from the preceding quarter,...
Philippines’ BOC, BIR recovers P3.2b worth fake stamps cigarettes
MANILA: Revenue officials raided two warehouses in Bulacan and found P3.2 billion worth of Mighty Corporation cigarettes with fake tax...
