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Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. How should one rate Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s economic performance during her nine-and-a-half year reign? My short
Read MoreThere are signs that the Philippines insurance industry may be heading towards a period of solid growth, with both the state and the private sector
Read MoreThe Aquino government has earmarked P7.7 billion for reproductive health programs in the 2012 budget, prompting two senators to suggest that there m
Read MoreTHE PHILIPPINES remains behind schedule -- by a decade or longer in a number of indicators -- three years before the deadline to meet the so-called
Read MoreHUNGER IS AGAIN ON THE RISE, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in a new report, with sharp increases in Luzon overwhelming declines in the rest
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. The new SWS hunger report for the Third Quarter of 2011, first released in BusinessWorld last Thursday, was titled
Read MoreTHE GOVERNMENT should address bottlenecks that tend to drag the country’s achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a United Nations offic
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 MoreMANILA, Philippines - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday urged the Aquino administration to spend more, attract higher investments, and
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 MoreMANILA, Philippines - Sen. Franklin Drilon yesterday vowed to defend the retention of the entire P39.4-billion allocation for the Department of Soci
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Last week I started to analyze the claims of success—Ganito Tayo Noon, Bakit Nagkaganito Ngayon (This was how we w
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