MANILA, Nov 2 - The Philippines looks certain to blow past its budget deficit target this year after the gap swelled to 95 percent of the total in the first nine months. Still, the Finance...
MANILA, Oct 26 - The Philippines, the world's biggest rice buyer, is currently in talks to purchase 200,000 tonnes rice from Thailand under a government-to-government (G-to-G) deal, a senior state official said on Monday. "The...
MANILA, Oct 26 - A group of Philippine feedmillers bought a total 133,000 tonnes of feedwheat, mostly from Ukraine, at $210 per tonne, cost and freight, an industry official said on Monday. The first shipment...
* Thailand wants better tariff deal from the Philippines * Rice tariffs due to be halved by January under ASEAN pact * Manila insists rice is on sensitive list, offers quota HUA HIN, Thailand, Oct...
MANILA, Oct 23 - The Philippines can postpone a planned sale of Samurai bonds to next year despite earlier plans to issue the Japanese government-backed bonds before the end of 2009, Finance Secretary Margarito Teves...
MANILA, Oct 21 - The Philippines on Wednesday issued rules to implement a new law to allow the creation of tax-free personal retirement plans that will see funds flow into the domestic debt and stock...
The Philippines is seeking to boost its Halal exports to the Middle East to reach $30 million in 2009, with primary focus on the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia markets.
Oct. 16 MetalBiz--One of China's largest gold producers has formally signified its interest to invest 1bln U.S. dollars in gold and copper exploration in the Philippines over the next five years...
MANILA, Oct 16 - The Philippines, one of Asia's largest sovereign debt issuers, will sell 25-year dollar bonds, a senior government official said, but did not indicate how soon it would launch the deal. Rosalia...
*Sept net flows back to positive after Aug outflow *Jan-Sept net portfolio inflows $229 mln, up from yr ago MANILA, Oct 15 - The Philippine central bank released on Thursday latest data on foreign portfolio...