MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Loren Legarda is pushing for the passage of the Senate’s counterpart bill phasing out the use of plastic bags after the H
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Once again the nation takes up what is commonly referred to as the Mindanao Problem. The government is approaching
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Quezon City Rep. Winston Castelo echoed yesterday the appeal of Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima for Congress to desist from
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. THE PHILIPPINE Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in behalf of its of more than 35,000 enterprises, 108 local chamb
Read MoreThis is an article repost. THE long drawn-out deadlock between the Board of Investments (BOI) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) over
Read MoreThis is an article repost. A FRESH LIST of 13 priority bills was announced yesterday by Malacañang, with President Benigno S. C. Aquino III expressin
Read MoreThis is an article repost. MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Finance (DOF) has reiterated its support to pending measures seeking to raise taxe
Read MoreThis is re-posted opinion piece. The Seattle Times newspaper carried a story the other day on President Noynoy Aquino making the proposed reproductiv
Read MoreThis is an article repost. Do we really have to change our Charter (Cha-cha)? This is another question that keeps on coming back. One way or another
Read MoreThis is an article repost. MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Franklin Drilon assured that efforts will be undertaken by Congress to amend the Anti-Money Lau
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. It looks like the Mandaluyong court that stopped the government from enforcing an anti-smoking law had been set up
Read MoreThis is an article repost. BUSINESS GROUPS will continue to push for the approval of legislation they deem as crucial despite the measures’ exclusion
Read MoreThis is an article repost. MANILA, Philippines - Newly installed Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III vowed to work for justice, freedom and peace in a
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Even before the world economy has recovered, another perfect economic storm is brewing. The US economy is slowing;
Read MoreIn this letter, dated August 12, 2011, the American Chamber of Commerce (a JFC member) commended the Senate Committee on Civil Service and Govern
Read MoreThis is an article repost. Various laws that affect farmers, indigenous peoples and companies overlap and confuse MANILA, Philippines – There are ma
Read MoreThis is an article repost. There are no impediments to the Senate’s passage of a reproductive health (RH) bill because the Constitution does not ban
Read MoreThis is an article repost. MANILA, Philippines — Senator Panfilo Lacson thinks that now is the right time — the second year of President Benigno Aqui
Read MoreThis is an article repost. A PRIORITY BILL seeking to rationalize the grant of fiscal incentives has been approved on third and final reading by the
Read MoreThis is an article repost. The proposed bill on the Investments and Incentives Code of the Philippines (House Bill No. 4935) has recently passed thir
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