MANILA, Philippines—What is the price of growth? A potential power crunch in Luzon as industries and people use more electricity. Energy Secretary
Read MoreChamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) President Benjamin Philip G. Romualdez on Tuesday said some $12 billion (P528 billion) in mining investment
Read MoreTHE BETTER-THAN-EXPECTED 7.5% 2Q13 growth certainly brought cheer to local stocks battered by two weeks of bad news. The main stock index rose a cumul
Read MoreA Japanese manufacturer of printers and projectors plans to set up a production facility in the Philippines, lured mainly by the attractive incentive
Read MoreBusiness groups including foreign chambers of commerce are advocating the speedier passage of business and economic reform bills to attract more inves
Read MoreSource: Public-Private Partnership Center, 4 September 2013
Read MoreTitles include two films by director Erik Matti, Brillante Mendoza’s “Thy Womb” and “Dance of the Steel Bars,” inspired by viral YouTube footage of in
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is set to order the rebidding of the proposed P60-billion light rail
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—The Court of Appeals (CA) has ordered the government to pay the Philippine International Air Terminals Co. Inc. (Piatco), the buil
Read MoreThe government has unveiled the first three of 30 industry roadmaps designed to develop investments in the country. The first roadmaps, released ye
Read MoreTHE funds for the P30-billion Tourism Development Program under the proposed P2.3-trillion national budget for 2014 targets 10 strategic tourism areas
Read MoreI was in Bangkok for a brief visit last week, and felt the same sadness I’ve always felt each time I’ve visited there in recent times. Thailand’s econ
Read MoreA study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) undertaken last year shows that the existing tax structure applied in the Philippine mining industry
Read MoreSaddled with a billion-peso debt, the Muntinlupa government is now eyeing a share of the profits generated by expressways within its boundary. The
Read MoreAs part of efforts to improve the bidding terms for the P60-billion Light Railway Transit 1 project, the government is now willing to absorb what is d
Read MoreAN ACCESS road to connect the three main ports of Manila will likely be built in 2016, a Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) official has said. However,
Read MoreOur country needs modern airports, expressways, railways, water systems, electric power and other infrastructures. However, the government does not ha
Read MoreA bill changing how the spoils of mining are divided between companies and the government will be filed in Congress in September, Presidential Adviser
Read MoreTotal investments approved by four major investment-promotion agencies hit P300.9 billion in the first half of the year on the back of increased inves
Read MoreOne of the first lessons in advertising I learned many years ago from the late Antonio de Joya is this: nothing kills a good product or service faster
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