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WEF delegates push for greater accessibility to financial services

May 24, 2014 - 12:00am

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EDITORIAL - Closure

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The sooner the complete picture is revealed about a financial controversy involving two Cabinet members, the better it will be for the administration.

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Nation

Government mulls lifting tax exemption of highly paid overseas Filipinos

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The government is floating the idea of lifting the tax exemptions of highly paid overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to help generate revenues for the national coffers. OFWs have been exempted from income and other...

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Swiss private banks in RP?

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Did you know 1: The original kapuso is Marinduque. The heart-shaped gets only P800,000 annually from the national government and yet all its roads are made of concrete. It also has more classrooms that it has...

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Tan eyes government stake in PNB

By Des Ferriols | June 28, 2005 - 12:00am

The Lucio Tan Group has expressed its intention to make the first offer for the government’s stake in Philippine National Bank (PNB), allowing the beer and tobacco magnate to exercise his right to match the...

Business