Infrastructure spending falls in July
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Public infrastructure projects have gradually restarted as lockdown restrictions eased. — PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCAS STATE SPENDING on infrastructure declined once again in…
Pandemic leaves local shipbuilders high and dry
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Workers walk up a gangplank to a vessel moored at a shipyard in Cebu, June 19, 2012. — VEEJAY VILLAFRANCA/BLOOMBERG By Arjay…
Gov't may reduce borrowings once tax collections improve
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The Bureau of Internal Revenue is targeting to collect P1.686 trillion this year. — PHILIPPINE STAR/KRIZ JOHN ROSALES GOVERNMENT BORROWINGS may be…
SC upholds Razon takeover of Iloilo power firm
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FREEPIK/KREATIVKOLORS THE Supreme Court upheld the validity of the provisions of the law allowing Razon-led MORE Electric and Power Corp. to take…
Jollibee expects demand growth in North America, Europe
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REUTERS JOLLIBEE Foods Corp. (JFC) continues its expansion in North America and Europe as it sees growing demand for its Jollibee brand…
Meralco settles fines, plans P200-M discount to poor customers in Oct.
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PHILSTAR/EDD GUMBAN MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco) has settled its fines for allegedly breaching billing directives from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), while…
When times are hard, bake some cake
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1 of 2 By Joseph L. Garcia Reporter THE COMMUNITY quarantine has left us all to bake: we’ve all been under pressure…
Will the coronavirus turn out green or brown?
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By Andreas Kluth
STARLINE / FREEPIK COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) has been simultaneously good and bad for humanity’s struggle to…
There is no Food Security without Storage Security
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By Marvin Tort
STUDIOGSTOCK / FREEPIK Often enough we see fresh farm produce like vegetables and fruits — food, basically…
Coal, growth and carbon tax
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By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
MACROVECTOR_OFFICIAL / FREEPIK Among the major economic challenges for governments worldwide in dealing with this…
