DOF: April 15 deadline to pay tax stays

Ben O. de Vera 03/16/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Internal Revenue cannot postpone the tax-payment deadline next month even as the government is working on some relief for personal and corporate taxpayers amid the one-month community quarantine of Metro Manila,…

PH braces for inflation spike

Ben O. de Vera 03/06/2020

Even as inflation eased to 2.6 percent in February, the Philippines is bracing for faster-than-expected increases in consumer prices as China’s manufacturing sector reels from the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. Deputy National Statistician Lourdines dela Cruz…

Ex-SC justice Bersamin named GSIS chair

Ben O. de Vera, DJ Yap - Philippine Daily Inquirer 02/15/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Former Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin, whose tenure in the Supreme Court was marked by a number of controversial decisions that tended to favor the Duterte administration, will take the helm of the Government Service Insurance…

China virus: How heavy the blow on PH economy

Ben O. de Vera, Doris Dumalao-Abadilla 02/08/2020

A prolonged crisis over the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) would likely cut up to P133 billion from the country’s P19-trillion economy, the country’s chief economist said on Friday with the property sector already feeling the effects of the…

Inflation 2.9 percent in January, but prices of masks, medicines stable despite Taal eruption, nCoV scare

Ben O. de Vera 02/05/2020

People buying protective masks at a medical supplies store in Manila on January 31, 2020. Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP Inflation was up to an eight-month high of 2.9 percent last January but the government said…

2019 inflation settles at 3-year low of 2.5%

Ben O. de Vera 01/08/2020

Inflation rose by 2.5 percent year-on-year in December last year amid seasonal price increases during the Christmas holidays and the typhoons that jacked up food prices, the government reported Tuesday. For the entire 2019, headline inflation averaged…

PH fails to get reinsurers for gov’t assets at risk from natural disasters

Ben O. de Vera 12/26/2019

The government has failed to hire reinsurers for the planned one-year program to protect government assets in areas prone to natural disasters. National Treasurer Rosalia de Leon told the Inquirer there was a “failed bidding” for the…

Duterte: No rice imports during harvest time

Ben O. de Vera, Delfin T. Mallari Jr, Julie M. Aurelio 11/21/2019

President Duterte has ordered Agriculture Secretary William Dar to suspend the importation of rice until the end of the Filipino farmers’ harvest season and to buy palay from them. He did not say, however, when the suspension…

P4.4B in Marawi funds still unreleased

Ben O. de Vera 11/18/2019

With only two months left before their validity expires, P4.4 billion in funds allocated for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Marawi City have remained unreleased as of October. The latest Department of Budget and Management (DBM) data…

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