Loans unpaid; execs paid 35% kickbacks It was worse than the fertilizer scam. A P10-billion fund meant to help small farmers, fisherfolk and agric
Read MoreThe Department of Environment and Natural Resources has canceled the permit of Altai Philippine Mining Corp. to explore resources on Romblon’s Sibu
Read MoreThis is a re-posted editorial piece. Another day, another gaffe. In what has become a depressingly familiar situation, Malacañang was caught in yet a
Read MoreThe domestic economic zones that the government is planning to set up will do away with minimum investment requirements for locators, to encourage s
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Apparently, our land registration system is more horrible than I imagined. I am told that only about half of the e
Read MoreNew York (via PLDT) – The prospects of having an additional $15-million investment by softdrink manufacturing giant Pepsi Corp. and a Fil-Am company
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Capitalizing on a booming tourism market, Alliance Global Group Inc. (AGI), the listed investment holding firm of tycoon Andre
Read Morevia chartsbin.com THE SPEED by which Internet users in the Philippines download files pales in comparison with those of many other economies
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. No one else among our Southeast Asian neighbors saw poverty worsen in the last 10 years the way we did in the Phil
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. It’s a wonder how it got to be raised back from the dead. Well, it’s still showing the barest signs of life. I ha
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The entry of the new coal plants in the Visayas significantly pulled down prices at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WES
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - President Aquino must assure Japanese investors that his administration is addressing their concerns that include bureaucratic
Read MoreRegional News SHANGHAI – Garuda Indonesia, the largest airline in Indonesia, has joined Ctrip, China’s largest online travel service provider, to l
Read MoreMarriott International Inc., the largest publicly traded U.S. hotel chain, said it’s planning a record number of hotel openings for Asia in 2013 to
Read MoreLUBAO, 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 MoreMining companies are crafting a “Mining Scorecard” on social and environmental programs in partnership with nongovernment organizations and civil so
Read MoreThis is a re-posted op-ed piece. With a Guinness World Record recognition possible, it seems certain that “Lolong” the crocodile from the Agusan Mars
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. After recriminations came regrets. At the end of the conference both the PBSP represented by Rafael C. Lopa and th
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