The country's future decision makers pondered the question of how to provide for a planet that will increase by as much as the population of two of the most inhabited countries in the world by 2050.
The New People's Army (NPA) extorted P300 million from mining firms, banana plantations and other business establishments in 2011 -- more than triple the P95.5 million the communist rebels collected from January to November last year according to military intel.
More Philippine companies have signed an integrity pledge seeking to prevent corruption and improve business climate in the country.
The Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA) gears up for the biggest travel and tourism industry event of the year -- the 19th Travel Tour Expo (TTE) 2012 scheduled on Feb. 17 to 19 at the SMX Convention Center Halls 1-4 in Pasay City.
The government's performance for this year has gained positive marks from business leaders, who nonetheless stressed the need to roll out infrastructure projects next year or risk losing investments and miss growth targets.
Four Filipino firms and their chief executive officers were able to stand tall among multinational companies as they were hailed as having the best leaders in the country's corporate sector.
MANILA, Philippines - The business community is worried that the conflict between the Aquino administration and Chief Justice Renato Corona might divert the attention of the government from the need to prop up the sagging economy.
Improving the lot of his fellow Filipinos remains at the forefront of the businessman and advocate Hubert d'Aboville's passions, writes Vicki A. De Leon.
The European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) in cooperation with the German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce Inc. and the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit recently held solar energy forums in the country.
The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) said part of the P500 billion capital expenditure in the next five years would be spent on projects that will be aligned with the European Commission's projects.
ABOLITION of the common carriers tax will be supported by the Finance department but only if Congress passes a measure to offset the revenue losses.
At a forum organized by the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP), Senator Edgardo J. Angara urged the government to consider programs that will deploy renewable energy (RE) technologies as national initiatives.
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