THE GOVERNMENT will study the proposed extension of preferential power rates for businesses in economic zones (ecozones), officials told reporters o
Read MoreRegional News Massive shortcomings in Indonesia’s infrastructure have contributed to a major lack of competitiveness for domestic manufacturers, ca
Read MoreAs shared from the Facebook page of Filipino designer Kenneth Cobonpue: "A pro-bono proposal from Budji Layug, Royal Pineda and Kenneth Cobonpu
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a bill creating the Department of Information and Communications T
Read MoreThe Asian Development Bank will extend $3.8 billion in loans and technical assistance to the Philippines from 2011 to 2016 under its new Country Par
Read MoreTHE NATIONAL Competitiveness Council (NCC) and a team of industrial designers have proposed a rehabilitation plan for the Ninoy Aquino International
Read MoreEnergy Secretary Jose Rene D. Almendras has assured power-generation companies that the implementation of the open access and retail competition sch
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – A prominent architect has expressed disappointment at the criticism that Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has been ge
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Congress is set to amend some existing laws in a bid to lure more investors help fund priority infrastructure projects, partic
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Business tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan has made an offer to the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to invest
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Even before the P-Noy administration took power and came out with a reheated program called PPP, an unsolicited pr
Read MoreTelecommunications regulators on Wednesday gave the green light to the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.’s acquisition of Digital Telecommunica
Read MoreSALE of coal exploration contracts, initially targeted for this month, have been set for December as the Energy department is still finalizing the l
Read MoreThe Philippine government has announced plans to step up spending on transport infrastructure, with upgrades to existing ports and the development o
Read MoreTHE DECLARATION of open access in the power sector -- set for Dec. 26 this year -- will be moved back to a still to be determined date, an Energy Re
Read MoreThis is a re-posted op-ed piece. Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) general manager Jose Honrado has called “unfair” the rating by a travel we
Read MoreThe Lopez-led First Gen Corp. has begun looking for new sources of natural gas abroad as its existing supply contracts for the 1,000-megawatt Sta. R
Read MoreLucio Tan-led Philippine Airlines (PAL) is open to leaving the comforts of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2, a state-owned facil
Read MoreThe expansion and improvement of services at the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) may happen sooner than expected with the government’s renewed interest in
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. A friend I met recently in a social gathering took me aside and said, “Hasn’t anybody told our current economic ma
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