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A Helping Hand

By Lester Dizon | July 23, 2003 - 12:00am

Did you know that aside from Toyota, then under Delta Motors, one of the earliest Japanese car makers to locally assemble their products in the Philippines is Mazda? Known then as Toyo Kogyo Industries, Mazda started...

Motoring

BOI favors value-based tax on vehicles

By Marianne V. Go | July 10, 2002 - 12:00am

The Board of Investments (BOI) appears set to adopt a value-based excise tax system on motor vehicles, disregarding the position of local car manufacturers who are lobbying for the continued engine displacement-based...

Business

Need to develop unified Asean car market cited

July 10, 2002 - 12:00am

Participants to the 4th Conference ASEAN Auto Supporting Industries agreed yesterday in the need to develop a unified ASEAN market for the automotive industry to be able compete effectively against China, the US...

Business