This 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
Read MoreGLOBE Telecom, Inc. has committed to invest a total of $790 million for the planned network modernization program, its biggest and most significant
Read MoreGlobal News GOLDA MEIR, the former prime minister of Israel, used to tell a joke about how Moses must have made a wrong turn in the desert: “He dra
Read MoreThe Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is seeking investors for 51 Luzon-based projects that have been deemed “funding-ready” and just needing f
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Criticism keeps leaders on their toes, prods them to do better, and hopefully improves actual performance. In the
Read MoreThe government’s plan to decongest the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) runway will not only benefit tourism and trade, but will also gener
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) had approved the deal forged by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SB
Read MoreRegional News Balikpapan, East Kalimantan (ANTARA News) - Under the government's energy development plans, Indonesia should have built four nuclear
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. The Philippines did it again—fell in an international ranking. This time it is the World Bank’s Doing Business Rep
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