A business park like no other

THE 72-hectare Iloilo Business Park, an integrated urban township of giant developer Megaworld, compliments what Iloilo City government is doing – to level up, businesswise. It is foremost...

Art and about in Iloilo Business Park

INSPIRING efforts by the Iloilo Business Park (IBP) are setting the foundation for Iloilo City’s vibrant art community to be recognized internationally, putting it on the international...

Travel with ease, tour in style

CONVENIENCE is at the core of every comfortable and memorable trip. Simplifying the how-to’s of a trip goes a long way and nobody does it better than...
Clark International Airport Terminal in Pampanga. LEILA RAZON

DOTr turns over Clark airport operations to consortium

PAMPANGA - Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade on Friday turned over the operation and maintenance of the Clark International Airport to Luzon International Premiere Airport Development Corporation (LIPAD)...
Rows of condominium building are seen behind a middle-class residential district in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila. The growth of the Philippine economy is expected to finish strong this year because government spending is back on track. VOICE OF AMERICA

PH growth to finish ‘strong’ this year – ING

MANILA - Growth in the Philippine economy will finish on a “strong note” this year, as budget data shows that government is moving to put spending...
Chinese tourists lead the top foreign tourism arrivals in Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan from Jan. to June this year, according to the Caticlan Jetty Port. AKEAN FORUM

PH tourism earns P245B in first half of 2019

MANILA - Local tourism generated revenues worth P245 billion in the first half of 2019, thanks to international visitors’ spending, according to data provided by the...
Cash remittances from overseas Filipinos hit 14.6 billion dollars in the first six months of 2019. REUTERS

Cash remittances up 3.2 percent in first half

MANILA - Cash remittances from overseas Filipinos hit $14.6 billion in the first 6 months of the year, up 3.2 percent from the same period in...
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the oath-taking ceremony of the newly promoted officers of the Philippine National Police at the Malacañan Palace on August 8, 2019. PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

Duterte reduces real property taxes of IPPs

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the reduction and condonation of real property taxes and penalties assessed on power generation facilities of independent power producers...
Gina Lopez

‘Gina Lopez is not dead’

MANILA - A report that former Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez has passed away is not true, ABS-CBN Foundation clarified on Friday. “No....
The economy shrank 0.4 percent in April-June and conditions have sharply deteriorated since then as demonstrations spread, closing the airport at one stage and paralyzing prime shopping areas. REUTERS

Hong Kong is on brink of recession

HONG KONG - Hong Kong is on the verge of its first recession in a decade as increasingly violent anti-government protests scare off tourists and bite...