DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels stormed the headquarters and torched equipment of a Japanese-owned banana planta
Read MoreThe Philippines dropped further behind other emerging markets in the region when it fell two notches in the global ranking on ease of doing business
Read MoreTHE AMERICAN Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Inc. (AmCham) is optimistic about recommended business laws given recent progress in Congress.
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. After 10 months of ambiguity, President Aquino announced at the foreign correspondents forum with the President on
Read MoreRecent fiscal numbers -- the August expenditure report and the September tax collection performance by the Bureau of Customs and the Bureau of Inter
Read MoreRegional News South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd (DSME) has taken a large step towards entering the international s
Read MoreGlobal News This is a re-posted press release. Washington, D.C. – United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk today released a statement following c
Read MoreRegional News China has warned India to halt joint energy projects with Vietnam in the South China Sea even as Beijing takes steps to reduce tensio
Read MoreRegional News GORAKHPUR, India — Pedestrians weave their way through a sea of cars, rickshaws and motorbikes, a desperate scramble for space just m
Read MoreRegional News The world's poorest countries have added seven years of life expectancy since 2000. THE NUMBERS: American rice imports from Cambodi
Read MorePhilippines Quarterly Update (September 2011) The slowdown in the United States and Europe is affecting Philippine exports but the country’s strong
Read MoreThe Asian Development Bank said the Philippines should aspire to post an economic growth of 7 to 8 percent a year, stressing that the country has th
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Four of every 10 babies born in the country are illegitimate and one of them came from a teenage mother, the latest data from
Read MoreMalacañang expects President Benigno Aquino III’s allies in Congress not to give priority to measures seeking to amend the Charter, particularly its
Read MoreJeffrey Bautista was 15 years old when residents and municipal officials of Masinloc in Zambales rose to oppose a coal-fired power plant that the Na
Read MoreMalacañang expects President Benigno Aquino III’s allies in Congress not to give priority to measures seeking to amend the Charter, particularly its
Read MoreThe AmCham-Investment Climate Improvement Project/Arangkada Philippines' Legislative Committee Tracker reflects the status of the 41 JFC-PBG (Joint Fo
Read MoreDebates on the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill have become increasingly heated in recent months. In a nutshell, anti-RH votes are impell
Read MoreAIR FRANCE-KLM, the only European carrier operating in the Philippines, will be phasing out direct Manila-Amsterdam flights due to issues with the c
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Office of the Ombudsman announced yesterday that a team has been created to evaluate the latest graft charges filed agains
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