Jul
15

Philippines – Noli’s Pag-IBIG ads cost taxpayers P500-M

Noli’s Pag-IBIG ads cost taxpayers P500-M
W ho is benefiting from the advertisements of Vice-President Noli De Castro promoting the government’s Home Development Mutual Fund, also known as Pagtutulungan sa Kinabukasan: Ikaw, Bangko, …

Philippine Econ Secretary Dismisses World Bank Call To Up Oil Tax
Recto said in a statement that raising taxes on oil products isn’t an immediate priority for the government, unlike the rationalization of fiscal incentives, raising taxes on so-called sin products …

Five killed in shootout in the Philippines
Manila – A policeman and four suspected members of a robbery gang were killed in a shootout in a city outside the Philippine capital, a regional police chief said Sunday. Chief Superintendent Perfecto…

Al Qaeda-Linked Filipino Militants Free Italian Hostage
MANILA, Philippines On the bad days, kidnapped Italian Red Cross worker Eugenio Vagni would imagine how his months-long jungle captivity in the southern Philippines would end: with his decapita…

RP s performance worst in the region study
Competitiveness rankings put the Philippines at the bottom in terms of economic performance, government efficiency, and infrastructure

Muslim Rebel Commander Arrested In Philippines
said. Manalasal has been identified by local officials and military intelligence as a battalion commander of the so-called national guard of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, or MILF, which took pa…