PH books all-time high of P907B investments in 2018

Investments in the Philippines have hit record-breaking figures in 2018 with transportation and storage as one of the sectors to garner the highest investments…

No outright clearance for Hyundai shipments, says BOC chief

Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña on Friday said the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has not given absolute clearance to Hyundai Asia Resources Inc. (HARI) on its…

PH manufacturing picks up pace in Nov

Strong domestic demand pushed manufacturing in November to its fastest pace this year, the latest Nikkei Philippines Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) showed. The…

EO revises duty for certain PH import commodities

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed several executive orders (EO) modifying the rates of duty for several products imported into the Philippines. The new executive…

P920M cold storage warehouse to open in Taguig

A proposal to build a P920-million cold storage and blast-freezing facility in Taguig City has received the nod of the Philippine Board of Investments…

P48.5B Cavite-Laguna road project OK’d, to open by 2020

The P48.5-billion Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) project has been approved by the Philippine Board of Investments (BOI). Scheduled to start commercial operations in July 2020,…

PH transport stakeholders asked to submit infra proposals for ROLL IT

The Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) is urging industry stakeholders to prepare their infrastructure project proposals as the government puts in high gear a…

DTI, DPWH team up to build roads connecting industrial hubs

The Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) have agreed to join forces and create a…

PH 2017 Investment Priorities Plan for submission by yearend

Infrastructure and logistics is among the investment areas proposed for inclusion in the 2017 Investment Priorities Plan (IPP), the government’s rolling three-year plan to…

BOC details rules for importing CKD vehicles by PEZA locators

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has laid down procedures for the importation of completely knocked-down (CKD) vehicles by participants to the Motor Vehicle Development…

ICTSI’s Berth 7 expansion project gets BOI incentives

The Board of Investments (BOI) is granting incentives to International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) for the P5-billion expansion of Berth 7 at its…

CAO 4-2008A – Revised Rules on Importation of Resin

ABOUT two months ago, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) issued an order disallowing the importation of resin through customs bonded warehouses (CBWs). Customs Memorandum…