The Philippines is seen to have missed its goal of boosting local output expansion averaging at least 6 percent in 2023, having grown at a slower rate of only 4.9 percent in the fourth quarter last year, analysts at Moody's Analytics said on Monday.
The U.S. economy grew faster than expected in the fourth quarter amid strong consumer spending, and shrugged off dire predictions of a recession after the Federal Reserve aggressively raised interest rates, with growth for the full year coming in at 2.5 percent.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has clarified Revenue Regulation 16-2023 which imposes a withholding tax on the gross remittance of electronic marketplace (e-marketplace) operators and digital financial services providers (DFSPs) to sellers/merchants.
The Philippines’ trade deficit in December narrowed to USD4.01 billion from USD4.73 billion in November, as imports declined from the previous month at a faster clip than exports, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed Friday.
For the nth time, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced on Thursday a final three-month extension for jeepney operators to consolidate under the public utility vehicle (PUV) modernization program. The extension is meant to boost the consolidation rate still higher to 85 percent in Metro Manila by the end of April.
Lynette V. Ortiz is a veteran Filipino banking executive who currently serves as president and chief executive officer at Land Bank of the Philippines, the country’s largest government financial institution.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on Saturday warned retailers against hoarding essential goods and engaging in profiteering, saying such illegal practices will not be tolerated as global tensions threaten to drive up oil prices and logistics costs.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) launched a major regional development initiative on Thursday, with Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. personally overseeing the distribution of over P65 million in agricultural interventions to local farmers and fisherfolk in this town widely recognized as the “rice granary of Albay.”