MANILA, Philippines - President Benigno Aquino has signed a law creating a P1-billion (about $24 million) "survival fund" to combat the effects of c
Read MoreBACOLOD CITY—A five-hectare resort in Talisay City, Negros Occidental will soon start operations as an eco-tourism destination and give a boost to t
Read MoreThe approval of the feed-in tariffs (FIT) for renewable energy may mean big for power-deficient Mindanao. Cagayan Electric Power and Light Co. (C
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Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — It could be better but no one is complaining. The economy of Mindanao has not been better for some time now. Previously, Minda
Read MoreTHE DEPARTMENT of Finance (DoF) will push for its original version of a bill hiking taxes on tobacco and alcohol products, a Cabinet official yester
Read MoreSUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and Daejeon Techno Park, recognized as South Korea’s Silicon Valley, recently signed
Read MoreWITH MOBILE phone penetration rates reaching saturation point in the Philippines, there is room for expansion through the promotion of new services
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Read MoreManila, Philippines - The passage of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill in the House of Representatives before the end of the month looms after the
Read MoreTHE NUMBER of families affected by monsoon rains continues to rise even as floodwater began to subside yesterday. The capital saw some sunshine for
Read MoreTAGUM CITY—More than 4,000 women have availed themselves of free tubal ligation here in the city’s continuing implementation of its reproductive hea
Read MoreREFORMS SUGGESTED by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are being considered by the government as it seeks to overhaul mining industry regulation
Read MoreManila, Philippines - Today’s scheduled voting on the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill at the House of Representatives has been cancelled. In a t
Read MoreEnfinity Philippines Renewable Resources Inc., the local unit of Belgian renewable energy developer Enfinity, is seeking approval for 11 service con
Read MorePRESIDENT Aquino has approved the creation of a monitoring body to improve the power situation in Mindanao, Malacañang announced on Thursday. Throu
Read MoreI am giving my full support to the move in both chambers of Congress to amend the economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution that unreasonably res
Read MoreMY FRIEND, comrade, and fellow BusinessWorld columnist Toti Chikiamco sent me the open letter of the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF). The open
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