MANILA, Philippines - The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)’s peace panel has rejected the government’s proposal to give them autonomy rather tha
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - President Aquino yesterday enumerated a list of military equipment to be acquired in fulfillment of his promise of modernizing
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Obviously in his element yesterday, President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III led the ceremonial commissioning of the
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - President Aquino yesterday said that a “super body” will be created to take over the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWU
Read MoreTHE promotion of religious literacy to foster peace-building in the Philippines has received a big boost through a tie-up of the country’s top educa
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved the criminal indictment of executives and officers of housing developer Globe Asi
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - China’s acceding to the Aquino administration’s request to have the corruption-tainted NorthRail project “reconfigured” is a s
Read MoreThis is a re-posted op/ed piece. An advertising man has replaced a businessman as the country’s tourism chief. This indicates that President Aquino s
Read MoreAN AMERICAN airline has apparently taken issue with the Philippines’ common carrier tax, although preferring instead to have the United States embas
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - For whatever it is worth, I have a vision for the Philippine economy for the year 2020, a decade from now. I do not claim tha
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – The Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) together with 10 Philippine business groups and the House of Representatives recently agreed
Read MoreThe House of Representatives has committed to give priority to 23 bills that seek to enhance the productivity and competitiveness of local businesse
Read MorePROPOSED legislation simplifying the excise tax regime and increasing rates imposed on so-called "sin" products has been drafted by the Finance depa
Read MorePHILIPPINE GROSS domestic product grew at 7.3 percent in 2010, propelled mainly by industry and services. Now that the main engine of growth is the
Read MoreHIGHER TOLLS, creation of a coordinating agency for water utilities and the delayed public-private partnership (PPP) program were tackled by Preside
Read MoreCONTAINER terminals in Subic Bay Freeport may not get the significant volume they need just to break even if the two major ports in Manila keep on e
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government aims to boost annual revenue from tobacco and liquor taxes by as much as P139.33 billion ($3.3 billi
Read MoreGlobal News Figures from Germany and China cast shadow over worldwide outlook ‘‘A return to recession is possible. This is bad news for governme
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat—I write this after coming out of Sunday Mass in this city where barely a week ago, a car
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Total investments went up by 53.35 percent to P368.673 billion during the first seven months of the year from P240.413 billion
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