Business
BIR 16 recovers from collection shortfall
The BUREAU of Internal Revenue (BIR) Revenue Region (RR) No.16 has announced that it has gained significant headway in reducing the collections shortfall for the second quarter of 2009, bringing it cl
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One stop shop for biz licensing launched
The CAGAYAN de Oro City Government has announced Thursday the setting up of a one-stop business licensing and registration center in City Hall in coordination with the private sector.
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Discount caravan at Capitol grounds
The Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) is inviting private and public sector workers to avail of its Diskwento Caravan: Presyong Panalo Ang Empleyado, now on its second and last day at the Prov
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NorMin growth outpaces National Capital Region
"IN THE land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king," thus sums the economic growth of Northern Mindanao as compared to other regions in the Philippines.
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Hanjin scouts for more investments in N. Mindanao
HANJIN Heavy Industries and Construction Co. is scouting for more investment opportunities in Northern Mindanao, an official said Wednesday.
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Neda: Sluggish growth for Normin this year
THE global economic slump has taken a toll on Northern Mindanao’s regional gross domestic product (GDP), which is expected to dip at 3.7 to 4.7 this year.
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Hectarage limit on banana plantations lifted
BANANA growers have a lot to celebrate as a long-standing policy limiting hectarage has just been repealed by Malacañang, a Mindanao development council head said on Thursday.
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Overfishing ‘threatens’ employment in M’danao
OVERFISHING could sink the country’s tuna industry and create massive unemployment in Mindanao, a senator warned on Wednesday.
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Mindanao-wide coconut gab set
PREPARATIONS are now in full steam for the 1st Mindanao Coconut Summit on June 25-26, 2009 at the Honey’s Hotel and Restaurant in Mati, Davao Oriental.
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AusAID to pour P3.5B in 10 Vis-Min provinces
OZAMIZ CITY -- The province of Misamis Occidental has recently entered into an agreement with the Australian government for a P500 million infrastructure support primarily aimed at rehabilitating prov
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Solon: Rethink globalization
ILIGAN CITY--A lawmaker who represents the marginalized sector in the House of Representatives is urging government to rethink its economic policy that is hewed along the so-called globalization.
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Investing in people
WITH the global financial mess in full swing, it is becoming more important to invest in relationships and take care of your social capital, a local-based international trader said Thursday.
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USAid push English proficiency project
SIX of Mindanao’s universities are partnering with USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program to improve the employability of the next generation of Mindanao graduates by expanding and e
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BPO center in Iligan launched
THE Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) program led Wednesday the launching of a business-process outsourcing (BPO) facility in the campus of the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technol
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