A senior aide of Datu Andal Ampatuan Sr. has accused former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of ordering the former Maguindanao governor to deliver
Read MoreRegional News Industrial production in Japan and South Korea fell short of expectations in July, the latest sign Asia's manufacturing sector may be
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recommended the filing of P73.85-million tax evasion charges against Ang Galing Pinoy part
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - President Aquino has temporarily designated Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson as the governmen
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Office of the President has issued a 90-day preventive suspension order against a deputy commissioner of the Bureau of Cus
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The House committee on ways and means voted yesterday to endorse at least four bills seeking to exempt expressway toll from th
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Congress will continue its efforts to amend the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution despite the reluctance of Preside
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Amending the economic provisions of the Constitution is no guarantee for faster growth or bigger foreign investments, but a st
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Leaders of Congress have reportedly proposed the amendment of the economic provisions of the Constitution through
Read MoreTHE TRADE department has proposed capacity-building programs, to be supported by the Partnership for Growth United States-led development initiative
Read MoreLetter from AmCham to Congressman Salvacion re reciprocity provision in bills regulating professions
In this letter dated October 3, 2011 and addressed to Congressman Andres Salvacion, Jr., Chairman of the Committee on Civil Service and Professional R
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – There is no need to amend the Constitution even if the changes will only affect economic provisions, President Benigno Aquino
Read MoreThis is a re-posted Senate press release. Changes to the economic provisions of the Constitution should be introduced now, with Senator Franklin Dril
Read MoreThis is a re-posted Senate press release. Senator Edgardo J. Angara stressed the need to prioritize changing restrictive policies on foreign investme
Read MoreIn summary, the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce do not believe that the Retail Trade Act has achieved its objective of liberalizing foreign ow
Read MoreSENATE President Juan Ponce Enrile and House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman are heading for “war” over arguments on the unconstitutionality of a “legi
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Department of Finance (DOF), through its anti-graft unit Revenue Integrity Protection Service (RIPS), has asked the Office
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. You know a program is successful in this country when politicians are itching to dip their hands into it. Going b
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