Transport & Logistics
Port users seek tougher safeguards against hidden shipping fees
Port users are urging regulators to tighten proposed reforms on cargo handling and container yard operations, arguing that stronger safeguards are needed to ensure lower logistics costs as the government pushes to modernize Philippine ports.
BCDA, SBMA tap Subic to power AI strategy
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) and the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) are positioning the Port of Subic Bay as a strategic logistics hub for the country's growing artificial intelligence and semiconductor ambitions, a move aimed at strengthening the Philippines' role in high-value global supply chains.
BOI eyes tax fix to unlock aerospace investments
The government is moving to remove tax hurdles that have long weighed on the Philippines' aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industry, betting that policy tweaks could unlock fresh aerospace investments and keep billions of pesos in business from flying overseas.
PAL seeks India route return, expands Japan and North America flights
Philippine Airlines is working to bring back flights to India, more than seven years after putting the plan on hold in 2019 because of airspace tensions between India and Pakistan.
BOC forms task force to clear NAIA cargo bottlenecks
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has launched a two-pronged effort to ease cargo congestion at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), combining immediate operational measures with an interagency task force aimed at resolving long-standing bottlenecks across the country's major ports and airports.
