|
COPYRIGHT 2004 Asia Pulse Pty Ltd
MANILA, Oct 22 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers:
MANILA TIMES:
- Telecommunication companies are asking the government to scrap the overseas communications tax (OCT) and subject outgoing overseas calls to value-added tax instead.
- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas expects prices in October to increase from 6.9 percent to 7.4 percent, thus topping the 6.9-percent inflation rate the month before.
- The Monetary Board, the policy-making body of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, decided to maintain its key interest rates...
Read the full article for free courtesy of your local library.
|