No love lost between Duterte and the Left
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
One need not be such a keen observer of Philippine politics to note the quite dramatic deterioration in the relationship between the Left and...
Filling Spaces (08/15/17)
BPO corridor in Quezon City
THE VICINITY of Roosevelt Station, the northern terminus of the Manila LRT line 1, and the area near train stops...
Stocks rebound on bargain hunting ahead of GDP
SHARES bounced back on Monday as investors went bargain hunting ahead of the release of second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) data.
The Philippine Stock Exchange index...
Q2 sustained fast GDP growth — poll
ECONOMISTS expect gross domestic product (GDP) growth last quarter to have been sustained past six percent on the back of higher government spending, as...
MGB pushes end of ban on open-pit mining
THE MINES and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) has asked the Environment chief to end the ban on open-pit mining which his predecessor had imposed, the...
Central bank seeks to calm nerves frayed by peso weakness, says no ‘free fall’...
THE RECENT WEAKNESS of the peso should not cause alarm among investors, the country’s central bank chief said over the weekend, pointing out that...
Stay indoors, PHL advises some 125 Filipinos in Charlottesville
By Mario M. Banzon
THE PHILIPPINE Embassy in Washington DC has urged an estimated 125 Filipinos living in the college town of Charlottesville in the...
BIAP proposes options for beverage tax
By Arra B. Francia and Elijah Joseph C. Tubayan
Reporters
THE BEVERAGE Industry Association of the Philippines (BIAP) has proposed to lower the tax to be...
DoJ to hear today rebellion case vs Maute, drug case vs Peter Lim
By Kristine Joy V. Patag
Reporter
THE DEPARTMENT of Justice (DoJ) on Monday, Aug. 14, conducts its preliminary investigation hearing on two high-profile cases as it...
Ayala looks to partner with MPIC for MRT-3 rehab
By Krista A.M. Montealegre,
National Correspondent
AYALA CORP. plans to team up with Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) to rehabilitate and upgrade the Metro Railway Transit (MRT)...
BoI upgrades best-case investment target for 2017
TRADE Secretary Ramon M. Lopez said that 2017 investment pledges registered with the Board of Investments (BoI) could be as high as P550 billion,...
DM Consunji books new contracts worth P11.7B in first six months
DM CONSUNJI, Inc. secured contracts amounting to P11.7 billion in the first six months of 2017, more than twice the P4.5 billion worth of...