Finance chief wants foreign workers list validated
MANILA – Finance secretary Carlos Dominguez on Monday asked an interagency task force to check the initial list of 138,000 foreign nationals working for...
DOE closely coordinating with power suppliers as summer demand goes up
MANILA – The Department of Energy (DOE) assured the public of continued coordination with power industry players in view of the heightened demand for...
Leni to women: Financial independence is empowerment
MANILA – Vice President Leni Robredo recently reminded Filipino women that becoming financially independent is a good way to empower themselves.
The vice president, who...
World Bank slashes PH growth forecast on El Nino, budget impasse
MANILA – The World Bank said Monday it lowered its growth forecasts for the Philippine economy, citing the threat of El Nino and the...
Arroyo hails China development as alternative to Western model
MANILA – China's rise to a major economic power provided an alternative to the "Western model" of development, House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said during...
We won’t fall into a debt trap, assures DOF chief Dominguez
MANILA – Finance secretary Carlos Dominguez III on Sunday reassured the public that the Philippines will not fall into a "debt trap" to any...
P4.35B worth of crops lost to El Niño
MANILA – Agricultural losses due to the “weak” El Niño now affecting the country are estimated to have reached P4.35 billion with an estimated...
AMA Water in the pipeline
AMA GROUP HOLDINGS Chairman Amable R. Aguiluz V said AMA WATER is fast tracking its construction of a 300mld world-class water treatment plant along...
Gasoline, diesel, kerosene prices seen to go down; but LPG to go up
MANILA – The tide seems to have turned in favor of motorists as oil executives announced a modest rollback in pump prices scheduled to...
PH, Indo, Malaysia agree to settle palm oil issue
MANILA – The Philippines and its ASEAN-neighbors – Malaysia and Indonesia – have agreed to form a tri-partite technical working group to address the...