World Bank disaster insurance scheme to cover 25 provinces
THE Department of Finance (DoF) said it launched a World Bank-financed insurance fund for disaster-prone provinces to help fast track disbursements for affected areas.
The...
Support our troops
By Rafael M. Alunan III
My weekend was spent in Baguio. It took me just 4 hours nonstop from end to end, going there and coming back through NLEx-SCTEx-TPLEx....
Shadow over HK property leaves Singapore ahead
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG -- Hong Kong’s property stocks are cheaper than Singapore’s, although not cheap enough to account for the risk that the world’s least...
Korea tensions ease as US plays down war risks
SEOUL/BEIJING -- Tensions on the Korean peninsula eased slightly on Monday as South Korea’s president said resolving Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions must be done peacefully...
Cebu Pacific aircraft lease deal approved for investment incentives
THE Board of Investments (BoI) recently approved the P6.1-billion air transport project of Cebu Pacific (Cebu Air, Inc.), recognizing it as a public infrastructure...
MGM Resorts bets on wealthier masses to catch up in Macau
HONG KONG -- MGM Resorts International is counting on a growing number of affluent Chinese customers to drive revenue at its new Macau property,...
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...