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                    [Summary] => Only about 60 percent of planned foreign direct investments being qualified for various government incentives actually materialize over a period of three years, officials said yesterday.


According to Sen. Manuel Roxas II, however, the actual projects being qualified for incentives were less than the projects registered by various government agencies responsible for administering investment incentives.


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                    [Title] => No more increase in corporate income taxes this year, says DOF
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Finance Secretary Margarito B. Teves said yesterday that the DOF would not push for any other major tax measures until it has demonstrated that the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) would be able to deliver its collection target this year.


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                    [Title] => IMF to RP: Consolidate, rationalize fiscal perks
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According to the IMF, the government need not focus on giving industries fiscal incentives since the money could be better spent providing basic support that improve competitiveness over the long term. 


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                    [Title] => 2 Japanese, 4 others hurt in plane crash
                    [Summary] => PINAMALAYAN, Oriental Mindoro — A six-seater single engine CESSNA plane with flight# RB-C24 of the Pacific Airways crashed yesterday morning two kms. away from the runway of Pinamalayan airport in Oriental Mindoro.  Six of its passengers including two Japanese survived with minor injuries.


Police Inspector Virgilio Manahan identified the survivors as Captain Henry Barro Jr., (pilot), Yolanda Solano, Rachel Melissa Maddi, Jose Luis Maddi, Daisuke Kawaguchi, Eui Kawakani.


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Only 60% of projects granted perks materialize within 3 yrs

By Des Ferriols | September 1, 2006 - 12:00am

Only about 60 percent of planned foreign direct investments being qualified for various government incentives actually materialize over a period of three years, officials said yesterday. According to Sen. Manuel...

Business

No more increase in corporate income taxes this year, says DOF

By Des Ferriols | February 1, 2006 - 12:00am

The Department of Finance (DOF) said there will be no more increase in corporate income taxes this year after the government raised the rate from 30 percent to 35 percent in November last year. Finance Secretary...

Business

IMF to RP: Consolidate, rationalize fiscal perks

By Des Ferriols | December 4, 2005 - 12:00am

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the Philippine government needs to consolidate and rationalize its fiscal incentives over the medium term but it would be up to the authorities how they intended to do it....

Business

IMF to RP: Consolidate, rationalize fiscal perks

By Des Ferriols | December 4, 2005 - 12:00am

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the Philippine government needs to consolidate and rationalize its fiscal incentives over the medium term but it would be up to the authorities how they intended to do it....

Business

2 Japanese, 4 others hurt in plane crash

November 1, 2002 - 12:00am

PINAMALAYAN, Oriental Mindoro — A six-seater single engine CESSNA plane with flight# RB-C24 of the Pacific Airways crashed yesterday morning two kms. away from the runway of Pinamalayan airport in Oriental Mindoro....

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