Ask anyone who’s launched a small business in the Philippines, and they will tell you that it’s rarely smooth sailing. The environment is challenging, to say the least. If you can make your dream work ...

JAPAN’S top envoy to the Philippines Kazuya Endo describes Manila-Tokyo relations as being at an “excellent stage,” with defense, economic, and cultural cooperation expanding more steadily than ever.

GETTING a bad international press, the Philippines direly needs a good PR (public relations) campaign. Lame denials from the Department of Finance, side-stepping the issue and ranting will not do. The ...

I was reading the book “Ikigai” by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles, and I came across this phrase “Active Mind Youthful Body.” I realized this speaks not only to the old people but to everybody ...

The Philippines had aspired for access to the Australian market for bananas in 1995—the same year it joined the World Trade Organization, which was created by the Uruguay Round of the General ...

IF you are an export-oriented enterprise, are you aware that you can avoid input taxes on your local purchases and importations? Yes, this value-added tax (VAT) treatment is not limited to entities ...

SOMEWHERE in your house, there might be plants waiting to be repotted, a stack of newly bought books, or a pile of boxes needing to be inventoried. Perhaps there is a folder on your laptop labeled ...

CONCRETE actions” on the flood control investigation are expected to unfold in the next few weeks, particularly in recovering the assets of those involved in the multibillion corruption mess, ...

SELL on TikTok, promote the Philippines? The Department of Tourism (DOT) has partnered with the popular social media company to improve the promotion of services for micro, small, and medium tourism ...

OVERSEAS Filipinos can now invest in securities issued by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) through retirement-focused investment funds, following a regulatory change that lifts previous ...

ASIDE from ghost projects, some flood-control projects are poorly situated and worsen flooding instead of solving the problem, an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ...

A BUSINESS leader has warned of potential diversion of investments away from the Philippines if “nothing solid” comes out of the probe into the flood-control mess. Ferdinand Ferrer, chairman of the ...