The 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 MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. The Aquino administration appears to have accepted the reality that its flagship public-private partnership progra
Read MoreOct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The Philippines will offer “half a trillion” pesos of infrastructure projects in the next five years to improve transportation
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Philippines said it may offer at least two projects to investors under the so-called public-private partnership starting t
Read MoreThis is a re-posted special report (the last of a two-part series). (First of three parts) It had been over a year since Filipinos shed themselves o
Read MoreRegional News Mataram. The long-awaited Lombok International Airport is scheduled to become operational on Saturday at 10 a.m., officials announced
Read More(Updates with declines in stocks in seventh paragraph.) Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The Philippines said it may offer at least two projects to investors
Read MoreThe government has scaled down its projects under the so-called public-private partnership (PPP) starting this quarter from the original 10 it had p
Read MoreTHE AQUINO ADMINISTRATION’S centerpiece infrastructure program could be headed for further delays as the president has directed his economic team to
Read MoreRoyal Dutch Shell Plc has placed the Philippines in its investment map as it sees growth opportunities in the country despite the legal tussles and
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - President Aquino has temporarily designated Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson as the governmen
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The government is considering the conversion of the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) into a coal-fired power facil
Read MoreThis is a re-posted op-ed piece. The Japan International Cooperation Agency has reportedly expressed willingness to participate in a “hybrid” public-
Read MoreThis is a re-posted DOTC press release. Foreign donors to participate in heavy infrastructure through ODA Transportation and Communications Secretar
Read MoreThis is a re-posted op-ed piece. The wildcat strike at the Philippine Airlines staged at the height of Typhoon “Pedring” more than illustrated the ag
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—The San Miguel group is in the “advanced” planning stage to build two new coal-fired power plants in Cavite and Leyte, both part
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—Bidding for the 13-kilometer elevated road that will link the two major expressways at the north and south of Metro Manila is se
Read MoreTHE GOVERNMENT is changing its public-private partnership program, a Cabinet official yesterday said, with the state to build some of the projects t
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