HONG KONG — Fast-growing Asian and Middle Eastern airlines have signed orders recently for hundreds of new airplanes — now they face the problem of
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. How the Philippines’ national budget of P1.816 trillion (US$41 billion) for FY 2012 is disbursed will make or brea
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. From January to September this year, economic output grew by 3.6%, way below the lower end of the governmentís rev
Read More5 hydropower deals ready for signing The Department of Energy (DoE) has resumed the signing and awarding of renewable energy service contracts, fol
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. I was recently in a luncheon discussion for a future issue of Tatler Philippines on the topic of what to expect fo
Read MoreTHE PHILIPPINES has improved in terms of shipping connectivity, moving up five places to 62nd alongside developing states which have cornered an eve
Read MoreCONSULTANTS from Singapore’s Changi Airport have arrived in Manila to conduct an appraisal of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the Dep
Read MoreGOVERNMENT think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) will investigate reports that other Southeast Asian countries are subsidiz
Read MoreThe Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) may be one of the world’s worst airports, but passengers passing through the aging Manila facility nee
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Okay, I realize you can’t “just do it” in government. They have rules that must be followed. Shortcuts can be pain
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The government has approved in principle the extension of the discounted power rates to economic zone locators until such time
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—Forum Energy Plc may spend anywhere between $70 million and $100 million to finally drill a deepwater exploration well within th
Read MoreTHE GOVERNMENT’S delayed public-private partnership (PPP) initiative could finally take off next year with 15 projects having been tentatively sched
Read MoreThe Aquino administration will bid out the contract to operate and maintain the EDSA Metro Rail Transit 3, according to Finance Secretary Cesar Puri
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—The number of Korean visitors to the Philippines may double in the next two years from the current 700,000 tourists a year, as b
Read MoreTHE Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center expects the bidding process for PPP projects to be rolled out not later than the first half of 2012 as m
Read MoreTHE Department of Transportation and Communications is in discussions with Razon-controlled International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) f
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—President Benigno Aquino III has given the go-signal for the P1.1 billion rehabilitation plan for the Ninoy Aquino International
Read MoreCitra says proposed link to NLEx part of Skyway deal Businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan’s bid for the contract to build the so-called “connector road
Read MoreBEFORE the end of the year, the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Center expects to approve at least five additional projects to draw from the Projec
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