PAL dusts off NAIA 2 dev鈥檛 pitch
PHILIPPINE AIRLINES (PAL) has revived its proposal to build a P20-billion ($400-million) annex to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 to address...
New Customs boss kicks off stint with warning
By Melissa Luz T. Lopez
Senior Reporter
CUSTOMS Commissioner Isidro S. Lape帽a lost no time in warning his men of a hard-line approach to corruption as...
Call centers face brave new world of automation
By Victor V. Saulon
Sub-Editor
THE PHILIPPINE contact center sector will add at least 73,000 new jobs annually until 2020 when total employment is expected to...
Project bonds not needed 鈥榝or now鈥
By Melissa Luz T. Lopez
Senior Reporter
THE GOVERNMENT is not keen on offering bonds to fund big-ticket infrastructure projects, National Treasurer Rosalia V. De Leon...
PSE further hikes stake in fixed-income exchange
THE PHILIPPINE Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) has further increased its stake in the country鈥檚 fixed-income bourse with the acquisition of Investment House Association of...
Approved PEZA investment pledges nearly double
THE Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), which contributes about a third of the country鈥檚 total committed investments, registered what it called an 鈥渦nprecedented performance鈥...
Robust growth continues
By Leo Jaymar G. Uy
Senior Researcher
GROWTH in assets of the country鈥檚 biggest banks continued to be robust last quarter, fuelled by these lenders鈥 aggressive...
Government keeps 鈥榲ery good鈥 satisfaction
By Rosemarie A. Zamora
THE PUBLIC鈥檚 satisfaction with the national government stayed 鈥渧ery good鈥 last quarter under the administration of President Rodrigo R. Duterte, with...
Executive, legislative leaders to fine-tune list of priorities
By Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral
Reporter
THE LEGISLATIVE-EXECUTIVE Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) will convene today for the second time under the current government to agree on...
Business interest still 鈥榟igh鈥 but reality bites
By Melissa Luz T. Lopez
Senior Reporter
AN INITIAL SURGE of investor confidence in the current administration has started to ease more than a year after...
BSP unfazed by current account deficit
THE PHILIPPINES will maintain a modest current account deficit that is unlikely to hit alarming levels, with the component trade gap expected to 鈥渃orrect鈥...
Review of mine crackdown orders to begin end-September — official
AFTER NEARLY seven months since sanctions were imposed on mines deemed to have transgressed environment laws, the multi-agency Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC) is...