It’s fiscal policy, amigo!

The 2011 GDP growth forecast for the Philippine economy has turned gloomier and gloomier. First, the Asian Development Bank, then the World Bank, th

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Is PAL worth saving?

This 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

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Unsafe for business

This is a re-posted opinion piece. The Aquino administration appears to have accepted the reality that its flagship public-private partnership progra

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Fresh PPP reviews ordered

THE AQUINO ADMINISTRATION’S centerpiece infrastructure program could be headed for further delays as the president has directed his economic team to

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P-Noy appoints water czar

MANILA, Philippines - President Aquino has temporarily designated Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson as the governmen

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Hybrids

This is a re-posted opinion piece. On Wednesday next week the Ayala group will sign an agreement with Samsung and Korea Airports Corp. to form a cons

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Tapping foreign aid

This is a re-posted op-ed piece. The Japan International Cooperation Agency has reportedly expressed willingness to participate in a “hybrid” public-

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Storm at PAL

This 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

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