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Corruption sa Customs

By Bening Batuigas | September 11, 2012 - 12:00am

TUMATANGIS ang local manufacturers ng bakal sa Mandaue, Cebu kay Finance Sec. Cesar Purisima dahil sa imported “finished metal products” na mas mababa pa kaysa sa scrap metal.

PSN Opinyon

Steel industry welcomes new BOC leadership

October 10, 2011 - 12:00am

Local iron and steel manufacturers expressed high optimism over the recent developments at the Bureau of Customs (BOC) following the appointments of former Muntinlupa Rep. Ruffy Biazon and former Brig. Gen. Danilo...

Business

Goods with imported raw materials face price hikes

By Ma. Elisa Osorio  | December 27, 2009 - 12:00am

Prices of goods with imported raw materials sold in the country will likely increase once government implements a law requiring all imported bulk and break bulk cargo to be surveyed by an accredited surveying company...

Business

Downstream steel industry bucks hike in tariff rates

By Marianne V. Go | January 31, 2004 - 12:00am

Now that the creditor-banks of National Steel Corp. (NSC) have signed a deal with Global Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. (GIHL), the downstream industry is urging Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar V. Purisima not to...

Business

Group opposes grant of incentives to NSC

By Marianne V. Go | December 29, 2003 - 12:00am

The Philippine Iron & Steel Institute (PISI) is opposed to government’s plan to "artificially" make the mothballed National Steel Corp. (NSC) viable by giving it "unjustified incentives." In...

Business