Fiscal policy and taxation - Matches

Federalism could mean more taxes and more borrowings or both, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Wednesday as he stressed that charter..

Two opposition lawmakers on Friday (July 13) questioned the accuracy behind latest survey released by Pulse Asia, which showed President Rodrigo Duter..

Recipients of unconditional cash transfers (UCT) were found to really spend most of the support funds for food and education-related expenses especial..

IF THE push for federalism is at core a variant of decentralization, the nation's experience with the Local Government Code that passed in 1991 is an ..

Proposed Philippine constitution would replace central with federal rule, but would also potentially allow Duterte to dodge current legal term limits ..

Quantitative restrictions (QR) on rice importation have not worked for us. Much of the benefits from price support have been captured by the rice mill..

Two Senate panels are poised to review government’s foreign investment rules to beef up the current investment regime and make it “more ad..

The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has received a complaint from a consumer group seeking to investigate the oil companies for  alleged ..

THE Senate Committee on Food and Agriculture wants to perpetually earmark at least P10 billion to the rice sector annually once the quantitative restr..

The administrative issuances limiting foreign ownership in the Philippines’ contracting industry are unconstitutional and invalid, a study publi..

Study finds no evidence to back claim that the conditional cash transfer program promotes laziness It’s drawing flak again. The Pantawid Pamily..

TRADE Secretary Ramon M. Lopez said he is in favor of allowing confectionery producers to import sugar to ensure that the price of local candies and b..

The Philippines should already consider enhancing its transparency for investment, possibly starting with improving the information content of the for..

THE significance of the Shipping and logistics industry in a country’s economic growth cannot be overemphasized. The industry manages the trans..

THE PHILIPPINE Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) wants to broaden the level of transparency in the government’s foreign investment negati..