The United Nations yesterday urged developed countries to honor the UN’s Millennium Declaration in 2000 and increase their efforts for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) by 2015.
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The European Union (EU) has issued a policy allowing the Philippines to enjoy a zero tariff from the previous five percent effective January 2005 on the export of coconut oil (CNO) which will give the country an advantage over Indonesian CNO exporters.
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The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) will create a Market Integrity Board in view of its decision to drop plans of spinning-off its Compliance and Surveillance Group (CSG).
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P/$ rate closes at P55.85
The peso closed lower at P55.85 to the
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Election-related spending in the second quarter likely kept the Philippine economy expanding at a healthy albeit slower pace in the second quarter.
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Thailand has lifted a three-year ban on planting genetically modified organisms (GMOs) by allowing the crops to grow in openfield trials with non-GMO plants, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday.
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FRC Mall has accepted an offer of Pure Gold to be its flagship tenant in all the malls to be built up by Cuevasville.
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As SGV & Co. celebrated its 58th anniversary, it announced the addition of two new partners in its distinguished roster of leaders.
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Trans-Asia Oil and Energy Development said it has expressed interest in acquiring National Power Corp’s (Napocor’s) 600 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Zambales province.
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The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has released yet another list of garment firms that were convicted and excluded from entry to the US for illegal transshipment activities prompting the Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) to warn anew local garments manufacturers and exporte
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American businessmen down-played any negative impact of President Arroyo’s declaration that the country is in the midst of a fiscal crisis saying it is a positive signal that her administration is putting her house in order.
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American businessmen down-played any negative impact of President Arroyo’s declaration that the country is in the midst of a fiscal crisis saying it is a positive signal that her administration is putting her house in order.
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The generation charges of Manila Electric Company will inch up by P0.1737 per kilowatt hour (kwh) effective in its September billing cycle to P3.4950 from the prevailing charge of P3.32 per kwh.
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Finance Secretary Juanita D. Amatong said yesterday that Malacañang has no intention of declaring the country’s public sector deficit "unmanageable," despite the continuing fiscal problems.
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The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has welcomed the P2.32-billion aid from Australia for education and training support of selected government and private institutions in the next five years.
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P/$ rate closes at P55.975
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