REUTERSFLEXIBLE work models and tax incentives will sustain the competitiveness of the information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) industry, keeping their regulation in line with other markets, according to Colliers Philippines, a commercial real estate consultancy.“Colliers believes that stable fiscal policies, such as work-from-home

PHILSTARBy Luisa Maria Jacinta C. Jocson, ReporterTHE GOVERNMENT must take the initiative in modernizing sugar mills and providing assistance to sugar millers and farmers if it hopes to augment production and bring down prices, an agricultural analyst said.“I still believe that mothballed sugar mills (should)

REUTERSTHE Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Foundation, Inc. (SEIPI) said the new law passed in Washington seeking to increase chip production within the US will diversify the sources of supply, to the benefit of electronics producers here.Danilo C. Lachica, SEIPI president, said in

PHILIPPINE STAR/ MIGUEL DE GUZMANTHE peso’s weakness will have an outsized impact on poorer households as inflation makes food more expensive, a senior legislator said on Saturday.“The bottom 30% of households in terms of income spend 58.2% of their total expenditure on food. And 24.9%

REUTERSTHE Net Zero Carbon Alliance (NZCA) called on the government to encourage companies with incentives for activities that reduce their carbon footprints.“In the second year we expect to grow our numbers, to add more companies and hopefully to get a master plan from the government,”

THE Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) said it will launch next month a set of regulatory best practices for government agencies delivering services to the public.Ernesto V. Perez, ARTA officer-in-charge and deputy director general for operations, said that the policy will establish a harmonized framework on

Most taxpayers generally have a negative impression of the process for seeking VAT refunds, whether from personal experience or from word of mouth. Some dread the many requirements that need to be prepared, as well as the challenges of having to file the claim, monitor

FIL-JAPANESE Yuka Saso — REUTERSFIL-JAPANESE Yuka Saso put herself in position to end a slump as she held second spot and faced a manageable one-shot deficit heading into the final round of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship in Rogers, Arkansas.On the heels of her blemish-free

KAI Sotto, Adelaide 36ers to preseason tourney — ADELAIDE 36ERS FB PAGEADELAIDE, team of Filipino sensation Kai Sotto, shored up its season build-up for the National Basketball League (NBL) opener next week by completing a perfect preseason championship run to win the NBL Blitz

THE NEWLY-OPENED volleybal tournament Shakey’s Super League, likewise, shelved its quadruple-header schedule yesterday at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum due to the said super typhoon that has placed Metro Manila under storm signal No. 3.The postponed matches, featuring Letran-St. Benilde, Adamson-Emilio Aguinaldo College, Santo Tomas-Lyceum and