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                    [Title] => BOI mulls one-year extension of 2011 IPP
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The Board of Investments (BOI) is looking at extending the validity of the proposed 2011 Investment Priorities Plan (IPP) for another year as the government does not see any major changes in the priority investment sectors of the country.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 683639 [Title] => BOI investments surge 262% in January-April [Summary] =>

Investments approved by the Board of Investments (BOI) surged by 262 percent to P148 billion during the first four months of this year from only P41 billion a year ago.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 679506 [Title] => Backlog of affordable housing units hits 1.4-M units - Panlilio [Summary] =>

There is a backlog of 1.4 million units of affordable housing despite the 300 mass housing projects approved by the Board of Investments (BOI).

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 673351 [Title] => Manufacturers to pay less tax under proposed fiscal scheme [Summary] =>

Domestic manufacturers will only pay half of their corporate income tax (CIT) for 15 years under the proposed fiscal rationalization program of the Board of Investments (BOI) and the Department of Finance (DOF).

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 672339 [Title] => Non-tax perks for environment-friendly car users proposed [Summary] =>

The Board of Investments (BOI) said consumers must be given non tax perks like special lanes in EDSA and toll plazas and preferred parking in order to encourage the shift to environment friendly vehicles.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 659561 [Title] => Government trims down IPP list [Summary] =>

The Board of Investments (BOI) has removed the creative industries including the business process outsourcing (BPO) under the preferred activity of the Investment Priorities Plan (IPP), a move that is in line with their program of streamlining investment incentives.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 583410 [Title] => BOI restores incentives for export recovery [Summary] =>

It’s final. Contingency projects of export enterprises given special incentives last year have been extended for two more years.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 382310 [Title] => STI sets initial public offer in Q3 [Summary] => The STI Group is eyeing a possible initial public offering (IPO) in the third quarter of this year that could raise at least $30 million for the group.

This was disclosed over the weekend by STI ExCom chairman Eusebio H. Tanco who said that the IPO offering and listing would be done simultaneously in the Philippine and Singapore Stock Exchanges.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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