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THE Visayas and Mindanao present many opportunities for transitioning coal-fired power capacity to gas or renewable energy, Finnish power plant equipment maker Wärtsilä Oyj Abp said. The Finnish company added…

NON-RESIDENT digital service providers (DSPs) will not be required to appoint a local representative when registering under the newly enacted value-added tax law, according to draft regulations issued by the…

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Tuesday that it is considering additional imports of small pelagic fish following the damage from consecutive typhoons sustained by Philippine fisheries. “There was…

THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said on Tuesday that it approved the revised guidelines for the pilot run of an e-marketplace for government procurement. In a statement, the…

THE Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said it signed a registration agreement with Promet (Asia), Inc., its first such deal with a company from Bahrain, which plans to start a…

THE Department of Finance (DoF) said it is pushing for an initial climate finance target of $1.3 trillion from wealthy nations to fund developing nations’ climate mitigation projects. “In the…

THREE new economic zone enterprises investing a combined P98 million registered with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) last week, the regulator said. In a statement on Monday, PEZA said…

THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has approved the release of P5 billion to top up a Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) crisis fund. In a statement…

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Monday that prices of lowland vegetables are expected to remain elevated due to the consecutive typhoons that traversed key farming areas this month.…

By Adrian H. Halili, Reporter IMPORTERS are cornering much of the value from the lowering of rice tariffs, with prices not falling as much as they should have, a farmers’…