This is a re-posted opinion piece. In Peter Sellers’ 1979 hit comedy “Being There,” a simple-minded gardener’s utterances drawn from TV commercials a
Read MoreThis a re-posted article. Foreign investors looking to invest in real estate-related businesses have ranked Manila as their last choice among various
Read MoreFinance Secretary Cesar Purisima is expected to make a pitch for an investment-grade rating for the Philippines when he meets with executives of cre
Read MorePRESIDENT Aquino has appointed former Muntinlupa Rep. Rozzano Rufino Biazon as the new customs chief and retired Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim as customs de
Read MoreNEW YORK -- President Benigno S. C. Aquino III will be in the United States from September 18 to 23 to tout his credentials as a corruption fighter
Read MoreLocal and foreign businessmen viewed the presence of President Aquino at the first Philippine Integrity Summit on Wednesday as a good signal to the
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Here in Asia’s “oldest” democracy, traditional power blocs steadfastly oppose one another, often with breathtaking
Read MoreA BASIC FRAMEWORK has been set for the Senate’s version of the fiscal incentives bill but continuing disagreements between the Finance and Trade dep
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. In several Senate inquiries into deals in the previous administration, one of the remarkable aspects was the expre
Read MoreThis is a re-posted op-ed piece. As he had promised, President Aquino replaced Angelito Alvarez as Customs commissioner the other day. And public spe
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has agreed to establish their National Single Windows (NSWs) by 2012 and co
Read MoreNEWLY appointed Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence Danilo Lim of the Bureau of Customs (BOC), who took his oath of office on Thursday, is determin
Read MoreIT’S going to be a battle of documents. Jetti Petroleum Inc. President Joselito Tibayan Magalona said his company is preparing documents to prove i
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—Almost half of the world’s personal computer users acquire software through illegal means most or all of the time, according to
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Gregory L. Domingo has proposed a combination of jobs generation and local va
Read MoreThere are an estimated 1.7 million professionals in the country, but they paid only P9.8 billion in taxes in 2010, Revenue Commissioner Kim Jacinto-
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Didn’t President Aquino admonish media to stay out of his so-called “love life”? Why then does it seem that he him
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Yesterday Senators Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Pia Cayetano returned to lecture at their intellectual home, Malco
Read MoreJailed for seven years for involvement in alleged plots to unseat two Philippine leaders, former Army Brig. Gen. Danny Lim on Thursday launched anot
Read MoreLawyers and doctors be warned. Well-known election lawyer George Erwin Garcia, who counts among his clients deposed President Joseph Estrada and so
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