MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Public Works and Highways has reported an actual accomplishment of 42.52% on the construction of the initial
Read MoreThe fate of the P25-billion coal-fired power plant project that Aboitiz Power Corp. has proposed in Barangay Binugao in Toril district here is now i
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Suffering household, commercial and industrial users of electricity can look forward three to five years from now before they
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) is still keen on pursuing infrastructure projects via the Public-Private Partnership (P
Read MoreCONGRESS aims to pass a measure that will lift taxes imposed on foreign carriers by the first half of next year, ranking officials of the two chambe
Read MoreSUBIC BAY FREEPORT —The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is banking on its membership in the Asian Cruise Terminals Association (ACTA) to fir
Read MoreHounded by foreign ownership restriction MANILA, Philippines — Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-Water), which won the bidding for the 218-megaw
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Shortly after EDSA I in 1986, I wondered what an editor/publisher of a journal could do to assist the new governme
Read MoreThe feasibility study for an express railway line connecting Metro Manila to the Clark special economic zone will start early next year, with the bi
Read MoreHONG KONG — Fast-growing Asian and Middle Eastern airlines have signed orders recently for hundreds of new airplanes — now they face the problem of
Read MoreThe country should relax the visa requirements for visiting Chinese and Indian nationals to boost tourism in the country, Manila Representative Amad
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. We economists are often faulted for having a language all our own, usually unintelligible to common mortals. (To b
Read MoreCLARK FREEPORT—Megaworld Corp.’s upcoming 550-hectare leisure complex here and in nearby Sacobia would create 30,000 jobs, its chairman and chief ex
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. How the Philippines’ national budget of P1.816 trillion (US$41 billion) for FY 2012 is disbursed will make or brea
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. From January to September this year, economic output grew by 3.6%, way below the lower end of the governmentís rev
Read MoreGlobal News The outlook for the global economy deteriorated Thursday, with surveys showing manufacturing activity contracted at an accelerated pace
Read More5 hydropower deals ready for signing The Department of Energy (DoE) has resumed the signing and awarding of renewable energy service contracts, fol
Read MoreAgriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala on Sunday questioned farmers and Cordillera officials at a forum here about a government report that says mercu
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. I was recently in a luncheon discussion for a future issue of Tatler Philippines on the topic of what to expect fo
Read MoreTHE PHILIPPINES has improved in terms of shipping connectivity, moving up five places to 62nd alongside developing states which have cornered an eve
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