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DOTr won’t meddle in Makati Subway; says rail project LGU-private venture
The Department of Transportation is keeping its hands off on the impending modifications to the P125-billion Makati Subway project following the decision of the Supreme Court to transfer the 10 EMBO barangays to the jurisdiction of Taguig City.
Makati-Taguig dispute ‘hurts’ P125-billion subway project
Philippine Infradev Holdings Inc. said Wednesday it will discuss with City of Makati some modifications in the P125-billion intra-city subway project in view of a Supreme Court ruling that transferred certain city districts to the jurisdiction of neighboring Taguig City.
Salceda seeks to invigorate stock market with transaction cost cuts
The Philippines suffers from a stagnant equities market often ignored by wealth-chasing foreign investors mostly on account of cost considerations rather than on the quality of company stocks traded at the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE).
“EO 39 a temporary construct vs. price manipulation”
The country’s leading economic minds on Tuesday said the price caps on the rice staple are temporary measures designed to combat cartelization, hoarding and other forms of price manipulation that serve the purposes of only a few vested interests.
Aug inflation accelerates to 5.3%; at higher end of BSP forecast
Sharper increases in the price of rice, vegetables, other food items, and non-alcoholic beverages drove inflation higher in August to 5.3 percent, snapping 6 months of deceleration, the Philippine Statistics Authority said Tuesday.
