MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said it will stop accepting and processing mining permits until it
Read MoreTHE interagency Infrastructure Committee (Infracom), chaired by the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda), is slated to submit its comm
Read MoreTHE Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC), the infrastructure arm of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC), underscored its commitment to build long-
Read MoreThis is re-posted article. BANKS WILL need to set aside at least 25% of their total funds for lending to farmers, fisherfolk and agrarian reform bene
Read MoreTHE RETIREMENT & Healthcare Coalition (RHC) and a German certification firm will work with hospitals to raise service standards in a bid to attr
Read MoreCAGAYAN DE ORO -- Plans to build a P500-million highway leading to the new Laguindingan international airport have been endorsed to the national gov
Read MoreRegional News The region needs more farm-to-market roads and fewer superhighways, more basic irrigation and fewer megadams. China's infrastructure
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. There are danger signals coming out from the horse’s mouth, so to speak. President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III dec
Read MoreThe Energy Department warned Thursday that Luzon may face brownouts in 2014 unless new baseload capacities are built starting this year. It said Luz
Read MoreMore than a week after President Aquino announced he had picked a new customs commissioner, outgoing Bureau of Customs (BoC) chief Angelito Alvarez
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. It’s about time to raise the fares for the elevated railways of Metro Manila, but it better be for the right reaso
Read MoreFinally, after 37 long years, the Labor Code of the Philippines, which was originally issued as Presidential Decree No. 442 during the martial law y
Read MoreExports slid 1.7 percent to $4.43 billion in July from $4.51 billion a year ago, the National Statistics Office reported Tuesday. On a monthly basi
Read MoreLOCAL FIRMS will not have to comply with a minimum investment value, but will have to adhere to strict environment and labor standards to operate in
Read MoreMALACAÑANG plans to issue an executive order (EO) aimed at regulating small-scale mining that will include authorizing local governments to issue pe
Read MoreJAKARTA—Toyota Motor Corp. said it would crank up production in Indonesia by more than 60% in a move to maintain its dominant position in Southeast
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - A legislative measure seeking to declare the province of Romblon as a no mining zone authored by Rep. Eleandro Jesus Madrona h
Read MoreSenator Edgardo J. Angara took the floor today to call for the urgent passage of the measure creating a Department of Information and Communications
Read MoreThe President of the Philippines has appointed Louis Casambre as the first executive director of the Information and Communications Technology Offic
Read MoreMANILA -(MarketWatch)- Mining investments could reach $2.8 billion in the Philippines this year if Chinese investors proceed with plans to jointly d
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