Despite efforts by the government to fast-track the approval process, only four of the 10 priority public-private partnership (PPP) projects may be
Read MoreThe Philippines ranked the third-most country at risk of disasters, according to a new United Nations study that measures social vulnerability, expo
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. AS we enter into the last quarter of 2011, it becomes more obvious every day that the confidence of January has tu
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Read MoreEight months have passed since the auspicious resumption by the Aquino government of peace talks with the National Democratic Front that Gloria Arro
Read MoreGRAFT CHARGES were yesterday sought to be filed against personalities in the past administration led by former first gentleman Jose Miguel “Mike” T.
Read MoreLOW- AND MIDDLE-income countries like the Philippines can boost economic growth and global competitiveness by spending more to make sure skills of s
Read MoreGOVERNMENT INITIATIVES to promote fair business competition and upgrade infrastructure will address concerns raised by businessmen during a conferen
Read MoreRegional News Central banks in much of Asia are rapidly turning dovish as worries about the global economy supercede inflation fears, forcing a u-t
Read MoreREMARKS ADJOURNMENT OF SESSION House of Representatives • 12 October 2011 Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. Colleagues, ladies and gentlemen - Th
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. President Aquino put an end on Wednesday to the five-year drought that dried up the free exchange of information b
Read MoreAfter filing tax cases against doctors and lawyers, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has now trained its sights on accountants. Emelino Maestro
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines–He flunked the test for aspiring seminarians and had to beg to be accepted at the San Jose Major Seminary in Ateneo. It was onl
Read More‘It’s height of injustice, we’ve so many victims of martial law years’ Once more with feeling: “Not under my watch.” President Benigno Aquino III
Read MoreLackluster trade to trim GDP expansion this year The Philippines cut its growth and trade forecasts for this year and the next on uncertainty over
Read MoreThe bill creating the Department of Information and Communications Technology was approved Wednesday at the House of Representatives on second readi
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. I wrote in a previous column that the World Economic Forum (WEF) had just released the 2011-2012 edition of the Gl
Read MoreImproper zoning, wrong appropriation of land Congress should pass national land use and zoning laws at the soonest possible time, as the absence of
Read MorePresident Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday said charges would be filed next month against his predecessor, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, even as reports e
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