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Lawyer Manuel M. Serrano and Florentino S. Dulalia Jr., respectively CREBA chairman and national president, with representatives of the Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP), took up the issue during a recent meeting with President at the Dusit Hotel in Makati City.


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Lawyer Manuel M. Serrano, CREBA founder-chairman, said that CREBA has always been supportive of the labor sector’s call for wage increases provided that production costs are stabilized through an interest rate cap.


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Lawyer Manuel M. Serrano, founder and chairman of the Chamber of Real Estate and Builders’ Associations (CREBA) said that this move would cause banks to jack up lending rates to levels which the economy simply cannot withstand.


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GMA urged to scrap VAT on housing loans

June 6, 2003 - 12:00am

The Chamber of Real Estate and Builders Associations (CREBA) and the banking industry have appealed to President Arroyo and Congress to exempt bank housing loans from the value added tax (VAT). Lawyer Manuel M....

Business

Creba urges interest rate cap before any wage hike

October 28, 2001 - 12:00am

The Chamber of Real Estate and Builders Associations (CREBA) urged the government yesterday to impose an interest rate cap as a precondition to increasing the daily minimum wage to as much as P125. Lawyer Manuel...

Business

Housing sector bucks ‘Jobo bills’

October 18, 2000 - 12:00am

Housing industry leaders warned the government yesterday of an economic and political catastrophe should the Bangko Sentral push through with its reported plan to shore up the peso by issuing securities with yields...

Business