This is a re-posted opinion piece. Part I The Aquino administration’s centerpiece public-private partnership (PPP) program will have to undergo a ma
Read MoreThis is a re-posted three-part special report. (Second of three parts) When then presidential candidate Benigno S. Aquino III appeared before the Ma
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—The umbrella organization of the country’s largest mining firms expressed alarm Thursday over statements made by representatives
Read MoreDoTC to ‘get biggest bang out of every peso spent’ The Department of Transportation and Communications has unveiled an ambitious five-year developm
Read MoreThe Philippines, which is hard-pressed to corner more foreign direct investments, is set to get a $1-million grant from the Japanese government to i
Read MoreWe welcome the recent announcement of the President that two leading US beverage companies will be investing in the coconut water industry for marke
Read MoreMaynilad Water Services Inc.—the water distribution firm controlled by businessman Manuel Pangilinan—prefers to develop small but scalable water sou
Read MoreThe Department of Energy is pushing for the signing of an agreement among several government agencies to stop rampant smuggling of fuel products in
Read MoreFrench firm to be paid for work already done French government-backed consortium Eiffel Matiere has agreed to renegotiate the contract for the cont
Read MoreThe fresh initiative to amend the Constitution has a “fair chance” of succeeding this time around despite lack of support from President Benigno Aqu
Read MoreThe Department of Education (DepEd) plan to extend the basic education course by two years is set to take off next school year with new curricula de
Read MoreAustralian and Japanese officials expressed concern Thursday over an attack by more than 200 communist guerrillas on three mining compounds in Surig
Read MoreCOTABATO City—The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has submitted a new proposal to the government, hoping that the stalled peace process can tak
Read MoreThis is a re-posted op-ed piece. What to think about President Aquino’s visit to the flooded provinces in Central Luzon beyond that it’s better late
Read MoreThe Department of Justice (DOJ) has undertaken a major revamp of the chairmanship and composition of 19 task forces of the National Prosecution Serv
Read MoreThe 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 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 MoreIMPROVING ENFORCEMENT, raising excise tax rates on some products and streamlining investors’ fiscal perks are a preferable option for government as
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Right. Reforming our investment laws is not a silver bullet. I don’t think advocates ever said that. There are oth
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