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Customs surpasses February collection goal
The Bureau of the Customs has surpassed its February collection target driven higher by reforms that boosted the collection efficiency of the government’s second largest tax agency.
Light rail operators anticipate ridership surges at week-long transport strike
The operators of Manila’s light rail transit systems are completing contingency measures to dampen the effects on commuters of the week-long transport strike set to begin next week.
2022 budget deficit narrows to only P1.6 trillion
The national government’s budget deficit narrowed to only P1.614 trillion in 2022, down three percent from P1.67 trillion a year earlier, according to the...
Anti-inflation liquidity suppression results in fewer January loan take outs
There were fewer loan take outs among the universal and commercial licensed banks (U/KBs) in January when so-called domestic liquidity, essentially money readily available...
From crib to crypt: Stork outworks Grim Reaper in 2021
The Grim Reaper worked overtime in 2021 but fortunately he wasn’t a match for musters of storks, which delivered 1.36 million Filipino babies, mostly...
