The fresh initiative to amend the Constitution has a “fair chance” of succeeding this time around despite lack of support from President Benigno Aqu
Read MoreThe Department of Education (DepEd) plan to extend the basic education course by two years is set to take off next school year with new curricula de
Read MoreAustralian and Japanese officials expressed concern Thursday over an attack by more than 200 communist guerrillas on three mining compounds in Surig
Read MoreCOTABATO City—The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has submitted a new proposal to the government, hoping that the stalled peace process can tak
Read MoreThis is a re-posted op-ed piece. What to think about President Aquino’s visit to the flooded provinces in Central Luzon beyond that it’s better late
Read MoreThe Department of Justice (DOJ) has undertaken a major revamp of the chairmanship and composition of 19 task forces of the National Prosecution Serv
Read MoreThe 2011 GDP growth forecast for the Philippine economy has turned gloomier and gloomier. First, the Asian Development Bank, then the World Bank, th
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. We can perhaps look at what’s happening at Philippine Airlines today as something like birth pain. Maybe all the u
Read MoreTHE GOVERNMENT’S review of its centerpiece public-private partnership (PPP) program could result in more changes to the list of projects initially p
Read MoreIMPROVING ENFORCEMENT, raising excise tax rates on some products and streamlining investors’ fiscal perks are a preferable option for government as
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Right. Reforming our investment laws is not a silver bullet. I don’t think advocates ever said that. There are oth
Read MoreThis is a re-posted op-ed piece. How does it advance the communist cause to burn down dozens of trucks, heavy equipment and facilities of private min
Read MoreIn the last Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum, we ranked near the bottom. The Philippines is second-to-the-last among A
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - President Aquino has appointed Francisco Villaruz Jr. as presiding justice of the Sandiganbayan, replacing Edilberto Sandoval
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The consortium of upscale leisure and gaming firm Belle Corp. is fasttracking the development of Belle Grande Manila Bay, a $
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Sen. Ralph Recto is pushing for the grant of incentives to manufacturers and buyers of alternative fuel vehicles (AFV) in ord
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Dutch financial giant ING Bank sees the amount of money sent home by Filipinos abroad climbing by six percent to a record lev
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Board of Investments (BOI) expects to exceed all investment expectations and break all investment records this year as it
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. The year 2009 was another year of varied attempts to achieve Charter change. None succeeded. The last was the (Ra
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Trust is probably one of the most underrated attributes of relationships, yet it is the most powerful. A person wi
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