As more Chinese investors keen on mining assets in the Philippines inspire local industry and government officials to hike their growth targets, ant
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines (AP) — A retired Philippine military budget chief whose plunder charges were dismissed by a civilian court was rearrested by the
Read MoreThis is a re-posted newsletter article. 14 September 2011 - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said today that President Benigno S. Aquino III w
Read MorePhilippine President Benigno Aquino arrives Monday in the United States on a five-day visit to seek investments and promote his government's anti-co
Read MoreRalph Recto is right. P-Noy and DOTC Secretary Mar Roxas will have to think of a better excuse to raise MRT fares than to say that it is unfair to t
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines (UPDATE) - Merchandise exports fell for the third straight month in July due to weakness in the electronics sector, although the
Read More(Bloomberg) -- Philippine exports fell for a third straight month in July as demand for electronics products weakened, adding to signs of a falterin
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Now that there’s a new secretary of tourism, what happens to the comprehensive National Tourism Development Plan t
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Senate would investigate the P50-billion presidential bridge program of the Arroyo administration that was made through th
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The government intends to file at least two major cases against former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Read MoreRegional News This is a re-posted op-ed piece. I FIRST visited China in 1979, a few months after our countries normalized relations. China was just
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. On the surface, President Aquino’s recent visit to China seems to have yielded little by way of resolving the Spra
Read MoreBRITAIN has expressed concern on the delays of British proposals for the public-private partnership (PPP) projects which are pending since June, say
Read MoreThis is re-posted article. THE HEAD of the agency tasked to oversee the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) scheme has quit, Cabinet officials yesterday
Read MoreRegional News LONDON — With Europe’s economy mired in a debt crisis, governments in the region have been looking east for a helping hand, tapping t
Read MoreWashington had lobbied two Filipino lawmakers to address concerns that a proposed Cheaper Medicines Act could infringe on American drug patents, acc
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Philippine Ambassador to the United States, Jose Cuisia, hit the ground running. Hardly had he and his family settled in Wash
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Trade and Industry Secretary Gregory L. Domingo has opposed two labor moves: The proposed P125 wage hike and ban on labor cont
Read MoreMANILA — Islamic rebels in the southern Philippines have rejected a government offer of “genuine autonomy” for Filipino Muslims, saying Tuesday that
Read MoreThe Asian Development Bank has urged developing countries, including the Philippines, to pursue measures that will provide good-quality jobs for the
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