LUBAO, Pampanga, Philippines — A $63-million waste-to-power facility, a first in the country, will soon rise in this town to solve the garbage probl
Read MoreOIL FIRMS may be mandated to source a percentage of their ethanol requirement from local producers based on the formers’ market share, a senior Ener
Read MoreJAPAN’S BUSINESS CHAMBER has asked the government to develop Batangas port into an industrial complex to help its members -- many of whom operate ju
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Two key issues on telecommunications have lately hogged business headlines: a) the PLDT-Digitel Merger, and b) the
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has agreed to establish their National Single Windows (NSWs) by 2012 and co
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Authority of Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) will spend P1 billion for a seaport to facilitate the quicker transfer of good
Read MoreThis a re-posted article. A FOREIGN institution will put up a fund in the Philippines to support investors in infrastructure, a Cabinet official said
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—The National Renewable Energy Board on Wednesday pressed for the imposition of the feed-in-tariff (FIT) rates, saying these coul
Read More1971 – Former President Ferdinand Marcos creates the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) under Republic Act (RA) No. 6234 or the MWSS
Read MoreJAPANESE OFFICIALS cited the Philippine business environment, power rates, infrastructure, and foreign equity limits as con
Read MoreRalph Recto is right. P-Noy and DOTC Secretary Mar Roxas will have to think of a better excuse to raise MRT fares than to say that it is unfair to t
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Senate would investigate the P50-billion presidential bridge program of the Arroyo administration that was made through th
Read MoreBRITAIN has expressed concern on the delays of British proposals for the public-private partnership (PPP) projects which are pending since June, say
Read MoreThis is re-posted article. THE HEAD of the agency tasked to oversee the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) scheme has quit, Cabinet officials yesterday
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - President Aquino yesterday said that a “super body” will be created to take over the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWU
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - China’s acceding to the Aquino administration’s request to have the corruption-tainted NorthRail project “reconfigured” is a s
Read MoreAN AMERICAN airline has apparently taken issue with the Philippines’ common carrier tax, although preferring instead to have the United States embas
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - For whatever it is worth, I have a vision for the Philippine economy for the year 2020, a decade from now. I do not claim tha
Read MoreHIGHER TOLLS, creation of a coordinating agency for water utilities and the delayed public-private partnership (PPP) program were tackled by Preside
Read MoreCONTAINER terminals in Subic Bay Freeport may not get the significant volume they need just to break even if the two major ports in Manila keep on e
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