MANILA, Philippines — Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Gregory L. Domingo has proposed a combination of jobs generation and local va
Read MoreGENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Ranking government officials have called on players in the multimillion-peso tuna industry to diversify in the face of tough
Read MoreEnvironment Secretary Ramon Paje on Thursday said the government was considering auctioning mining permits instead of granting them on the basis of
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 MoreAs more Chinese investors keen on mining assets in the Philippines inspire local industry and government officials to hike their growth targets, ant
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 (UPDATE) - Merchandise exports fell for the third straight month in July due to weakness in the electronics sector, although the
Read More(Bloomberg) -- Philippine exports fell for a third straight month in July as demand for electronics products weakened, adding to signs of a falterin
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Now that there’s a new secretary of tourism, what happens to the comprehensive National Tourism Development Plan 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 — Philippine Ambassador to the United States, Jose Cuisia, hit the ground running. Hardly had he and his family settled in Wash
Read MoreCompanies Including Google and Microsoft Fear Ending Up in Prosecutors' Sights, Chilling Online Commerce BANGKOK—Global companies are growing incre
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 MoreThis is a re-posted op/ed piece. An advertising man has replaced a businessman as the country’s tourism chief. This indicates that President Aquino 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
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