TRADE SECRETARY JESLI LAPUS

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Filipino-owned Marcventures Mining and Development Corp. (MMDC) was recently granted incentives by the Board of Investments (BOI) for its P474-million investment in a mining project in Surigao del Sur.
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                    [Title] => Exports seen to post double-digit growth
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Prices of school supplies like notebooks, crayons, pencils and paper will not go up this coming school year, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said yesterday.
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                    [Title] => Filipino-Chinese businessmen urged to invest more in billet production
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The Philippine government is urging Filipino-Chinese businessmen to invest more in the production of billets to help cushion the impact of higher iron ore prices on local industries.
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                    [Title] => Price of GI sheets seen to go up
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The price of basic construction material is expected to go up unless the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) corrects sits new policy, local players said yesterday.
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                    [Title] => Japanese firm set to implement $300-million expansion plan in RP
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Japanese electronic firm Nidec Corp. is set to implement a $300 million (P13 billion) expansion program in the Philippines which is expected to create an additional 10,000 direct jobs, officials said yesterday.
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                    [Title] => Prices of consumer goods not likely to increase, says Favila
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Prices of consumer goods are not likely to increase despite an increase in the cost of power and the problems brought about by the El Niño, outgoing Trade Secretary Peter B. Favila said.
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Marcventures gets BOI incentives

July 2, 2010 - 12:00am

Filipino-owned Marcventures Mining and Development Corp. (MMDC) was recently granted incentives by the Board of Investments (BOI) for its P474-million investment in a mining project in Surigao del Sur.

Business

Government mulls lifting tariffs on oil, steel

May 25, 2010 - 4:35pm

The government is looking at lifting the tariffs on crude oil and refined petroleum products, and on hot-rolled and cold-rolled coil steel, a top official said today.

Exports seen to post double-digit growth

By Ma. Elisa Osorio  | May 6, 2010 - 12:00am

Exports are expected to post double- digit growth this year, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said.

Business

DTI chief: No price hike on school supplies

By Ma. Elisa Osorio  | April 29, 2010 - 12:00am

Prices of school supplies like notebooks, crayons, pencils and paper will not go up this coming school year, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said yesterday.

Headlines

Filipino-Chinese businessmen urged to invest more in billet production

April 19, 2010 - 10:02pm

The Philippine government is urging Filipino-Chinese businessmen to invest more in the production of billets to help cushion the impact of higher iron ore prices on local industries.

Price of GI sheets seen to go up

By Ma. Elisa Osorio  | April 15, 2010 - 12:00am

The price of basic construction material is expected to go up unless the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) corrects sits new policy, local players said yesterday.

Business

Japanese firm set to implement $300-million expansion plan in RP

By Paolo Romero | March 18, 2010 - 12:00am

Japanese electronic firm Nidec Corp. is set to implement a $300 million (P13 billion) expansion program in the Philippines which is expected to create an additional 10,000 direct jobs, officials said yesterday.

Business

Prices of consumer goods not likely to increase, says Favila

By Ma. Elisa Osorio  | March 11, 2010 - 12:00am

Prices of consumer goods are not likely to increase despite an increase in the cost of power and the problems brought about by the El Niño, outgoing Trade Secretary Peter B. Favila said.

Business