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Vietnam lodges WTO complaint over US anti-dumping duties on fish
Vietnam has filed a complaint against the U.S. with the World Trade Organization (WTO), challenging Washington’s anti-dumping measures against Vietnam’s exports of fish fillets.…
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PH inks $380M loan with ADB for Mindanao infra dev’t
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6 Miascor staff axed, charged with theft at Clark airport
Clark International Airport Corp (CIAC) on Jan 12 filed theft charges against six employees of ground handler Miascor involved in a pilferage incident at the…
Indonesia to relax restrictions on importing goods
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US trade body votes to continue probe on alleged Chinese aluminum dumping
A U.S. trade panel has voted to continue anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duty investigations on Chinese aluminum products despite China’s strong dissatisfaction with the move.…
2017 air freight to nearly double 2016 growth
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Royal Cargo invests in technologies enabling optimum efficiency
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Under TRAIN Law, documentary stamp tax on B/L up 100%
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DOTr gets P51.4B budget for 2018, up 11%
The Philippines’ Department of Transportation (DOTr) received an 11% hike in budget for 2018 to carry out improvements in the country’s water, air, road,…
NLEX toll operator allots P19B capex for 2018
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PH manufacturing output continues slide in Nov, but rebound seen in 2018
Philippine manufacturing output is expected to recover in 2018 following three consecutive months of decline since September 2017. In the Monthly Integrated Survey of…
Coast Guard hands over to BOC rice confiscated at Zamboanga port
More than 60,000 sacks of smuggled rice seized in Zamboanga Sibugay have been officially turned over by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) District South…
TWG to study bill requiring PH truck drivers to attend driving school
The Philippine Lower House Committee on Transportation (COTr) has approved the creation of a technical working group (TWG) to fine tune and further deliberate…
PH trade up 11.8% in Nov
The Philippines’ total trade grew 11.8% to US$13.71 billion in November 2017 from $12.26 billion in the same month in 2016, pushing year-to-date growth…
