Regional News Manufacturing activity across Asia slowed in August, offering more evidence that weaker demand in the developed world and tighter mon
Read MoreBeijing—The Philippines and China on Wednesday agreed on a five-year development program for trade and economic cooperation that is expected to gene
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Philippine membership to the World Trade Organization (WTO) has helped the country’s trade expand in the global market, t
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - PNOC Renewables Corp. is looking for potential partners for 11 hydropower projects estimated to generate up to 276 megawatts (
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Greenergy Holdings Inc. has entered into an agreement with Chinese firm Tianjin Tianbao Investment and Development Corp. (TTI
Read MoreTIGER AIRWAYS Singapore Pte Ltd. will start flying out of Davao in November, the firm yesterday said in a statement. The airline said it will be of
Read MoreRAMON R. JIMENEZ, an advertising and marketing executive, has been appointed the country’s new Tourism chief. Mr. Jimenez, who took his oath of off
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Economic cluster of the Cabinet has approved in principle the planned renegotiation for the reduction in power subsidy to
Read MoreEfforts by the government to catch up on its infrastructure spending in the second quarter fell short as public construction was again cited as a ma
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - President Aquino is expected to discuss the controversial $1.3-billion (P55.1 billion) North Luzon rail project with his count
Read MoreCAGAYAN DE ORO -- Phividec Industrial Estate in Misamis Oriental should maximize use of the $85-million Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT), which han
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. The Philippine economy grew by 3.4% during the second quarter of 2011, the slowest since President Aquino III took
Read MoreOLONGAPO CITY—In an apparent show of force, residents and officials of Olongapo City and Zambales province braved heavy rains on Monday and showed u
Read MoreBACOLOD CITY -- The number of economic zones for information technology (IT) firms here and nearby areas has reportedly surged since early 2010, pro
Read MoreTHE Department of Energy said US-based AES Corp. will push through with its planned expansion of its 660-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Masinloc
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Can political reform be divorced from economic reform? Is the Pope Jewish? There’s this fashionable idea that what
Read MoreThis is a re-posted press release by the DBM. Abad: Proposed Human Resource Dev't Program Reasonable with BPO Potential Budget and Management Secret
Read MoreBajaj Auto, India’s second-biggest two-wheeler maker, may set up an assembly plant in Indonesia in a bid to increase presence in Southeast Asia and
Read MoreAccess to mobile phone networks is enjoyed by 99 percent of the Philippine population. Internet access, however, remains limited compared to its n
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. On the challenges of global economic competitiveness, i.e., being the kind of country (or city) that attracts inve
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