GOVERNMENT infrastructure spending remained deficient as of the third quarter compared to 2010 disbursements and the 2011 program as agencies’ proje
Read MoreThe Philippine government has announced plans to step up spending on transport infrastructure, with upgrades to existing ports and the development o
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. A friend I met recently in a social gathering took me aside and said, “Hasn’t anybody told our current economic ma
Read MoreRecent fiscal numbers -- the August expenditure report and the September tax collection performance by the Bureau of Customs and the Bureau of Inter
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. AS we enter into the last quarter of 2011, it becomes more obvious every day that the confidence of January has tu
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 MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Philippines said it may offer at least two projects to investors under the so-called public-private partnership starting t
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 MoreMANILA, Philippines - The government needs to boost spending to fuel the economy, economists agreed during a recent forum concluded jointly by the P
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