SECOND-QUARTER economic growth could have come in below 5% because of the country’s weak export performance, a Cabinet official yesterday said.
Read MoreA MANUFACTURING SECTOR-specific plan is being considered by the Trade department given concerns of a disproportionate focus on services and commerce
Read MoreThis is re-posted article. Smaller projects first before big-ticket ventures The government plans to start bidding out in the next few weeks contrac
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The House committees on public works and highways, and government enterprises and privatization are seeking to tap the experti
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The National Government is partnering with the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) for projects that wou
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Aquino administration is eyeing to partner with the private sector for the construction of a high-speed train that would c
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Independent Power Producers Association (PIPPA) is urging regulators to privatize the Agus and Pulangi hydropow
Read MoreTHE GOVERNMENT is looking at proposals to convert the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) into a conventional energy facility and end its c
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—The poor quality of infrastructure in the country is threatening to hold back the growth of the country’s tourism
Read MoreThis is an article repost. An initial $2.5 billion in fresh investments will be needed over the next two years once the government starts to implemen
Read MoreThis is an article repost. CLARK FREEPORT—AirAsia-Philippines officials vowed to bring in 5 million passengers in the next five years, as its first-e
Read MoreThis is an article repost. ON DEC. 9, 2010, the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an opinion
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. PUBLIC-PRIVATE sector partnerships (PPP) have been touted as one way of effectively financing and building public
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. One of the hot topics that will likely be on the agenda when P-Noy visits China next month is what to do about Nor
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. CAMBRIDGE -- We may live in a post-industrial age, in which information technologies, biotech, and high-value serv
Read MoreThis is an article repost. HONG KONG — Rapid economic growth, rising affluence and increased liberalization are leading to a flurry of new airline pr
Read MoreThis is an article repost. MANILA, Philippines - After the US State Department reported the weakening of the ability of terrorist and militant groups
Read MoreThis is an article repost. MANILA, Philippines - President Aquino has chosen a new tourism secretary. “That is done, there is already a replacement.
Read MoreThis is an article repost. MANILA, Philippines — Automotive workers are pushing for the abolition of Article 27 of the Philippines-Japan Economic Par
Read MoreThis is an article repost. DAVAO CITY -- Mining firms operating in Mindanao have rallied behind Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI), whose planned $5.9-bil
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