Business

DOUBLEDRAGON PROPERTIES CORP. – THE NEXT GIANT

Edgar “Injap” Sia II’s DoubleDragon is the Philippines’ fastest growing property company—in revenues, profits, and acquisitions. Less than three years from its listing, by March 2017, DoubleDragon became more valuable and a more desirable stock […]

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WASHINGTON SYCIP, 96

by Tony Lopez My friend Washington SyCip, died in his sleep as he was about to land on a Philippine Airlines flight in Vancouver, Canada, Oct. 8, 2017. He was 96. Mr. Wash was an […]

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DUTERTE AND PAL

This week, officials of Philippine Airlines meet with the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) to work out a compromise agreement on some P6.63 billion in allegedly unpaid navigational charges CAAP sent the bill […]

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SHOCK AND AWE WITH TAXES

At the MOPC Finance Forum last Thursday (Sept. 21), Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez defined the three major goals of the Rodrigo Roa Duterte government – reduce poverty, reduce corruption, and reduce illegal drugs. “At the […]

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WHAT THE SENATE WANTS YOU TO PAY AS TAXES BEGINNING 2018

INCOME TAX  Compensation income earners: Reduced the income tax rates of almost all or 99% of the 7.5 million individual income taxpayers. Exempted the first P150,000 annual taxable income, and retained the P82,000 tax exemption […]