THE PHILIPPINES has the potential to grow its shipbuilding and ship-repair businesses, but it has to resolve several constraints first, government o
Read MoreECONOMIC GROWTH likely improved in the third quarter from April-June, a Cabinet official said, citing “still robust” private investments, a service
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) and its subsidiaries have identified a number of high-priority big-ticke
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — British construction and professional services firms are visiting the country to explore business opportunities in infrastruct
Read MoreGlobal News This is a re-posted op-ed piece. The United States is a country that has received many blessings, and once upon a time you could assume
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. After the Philippines recently bagged two dubious honors for being among the world’s worst, boxing champion Manny
Read MoreThe Department of Trade and Industry is working closely with the Department of Energy (DoE) to formulate a new power rate subsidy scheme for Philipp
Read MoreDoE offers areas to investors The DMCI Group and PNOC Exploration Corp. are among the 30 companies that have expressed interest in bidding for cont
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Much was written the past days over the appropriateness of the President and his Transport Secretary having a phot
Read MoreWhen Veronica Uy travels to work in central Manila, her journey takes up to three hours. She lives in the province of Cavite, just 31km (19 miles)
Read MoreAS CONGRESS resumes regular sessions this week, Sen. Edgardo Angara pressed for early approval of the bill creating a Department of Information and
Read MoreTWO STATE agencies have filed a petition with the Supreme Court to allow the government to collect taxes from Philippine Airlines’ (PAL) importation
Read MoreThe Department of Energy (DoE) is studying the possibility of extending the special discounted power rate being offered to ecozone locators, given t
Read MoreTwo key infrastructure projects that will ease road travel in Luzon have come closer to implementation, having been approved by the Investment Coord
Read MoreTransport agency to present proposal next month The Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) is set to make a recommendation to
Read MoreHONOLULU, Hawaii - Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras confirmed on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) that the exploration of rich gas deposits in the We
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The smelly toilets, cramped seats and dilapidated buildings at Manila’s 30-year-old international airport are finally getting
Read MoreThe Philippines is very gradually edging closer to the establishment of a dedicated government department charged with promoting and supporting the
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. I have been hearing an increasing amount of complaints about the quality of PAL’s in-flight service since their la
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. I was in Naga a couple of weeks ago for a business trip. I went there by plane, but on the way back to Manila, I s
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