President Benigno Aquino III has exempted the mining industry from the total log ban in exchange for obligating the industry to take part in the Nat
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 MoreImagine the environmental impact of giving blanket authority to mining companies to cut down thousands of trees in forests: more floods and landslid
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 MoreBAGUIO CITY ,Philippines – Mining has been one of the biggest contributors to economic growth in several countries, foreign diplomats said here. F
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 MoreThis is a re-posted op-ed piece. Years before former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo decided that she needed medical attention overseas, the govern
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Health Secretary Enrique Ona yesterday underscored the need for the Philippines to become “globally competitive” because of th
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 MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. The world is in turmoil. There is the Arab Spring where three governments have fallen, sadly in far too bloody way
Read MoreRegional News This is a re-posted blog article. I noticed a buzz about the economy, when I was in Indonesia last week, which was very different from
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The smelly toilets, cramped seats and dilapidated buildings at Manila’s 30-year-old international airport are finally getting
Read MoreFormer Foreign Secretary Delia Albert said she used to market the potentials of Philippine mining in her trips as presidential envoy on mining, neve
Read MoreThe Philippines is very gradually edging closer to the establishment of a dedicated government department charged with promoting and supporting the
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — There is nothing new in the new automotive study conducted by a private think tank from the Executive Order 877-A or the Motor
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
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