San Miguel’s Ang Offers $14 Billion Airport...

17 February, 2017 at 11:00

San Miguel’s Ang Offers $14 Billion Airport in Tycoon Battle by Cecilia Yap and Clarissa Batino | February 16, 2017, 11:48 AM     The

All systems go?

3 January, 2017 at 16:00

It’s the first working day of the new year and hopefully it will also mark the day when the Duterte administration’s promises to produce a golden age of infrastructure is out of the starting gate.

Gov’t to spend P8 trillion for infrastructure...

7 November, 2016 at 11:10

“Build, build, build” is the battlecry of the Duterte administration as it intends to ramp up infrastructure spending to the tune of P8 trillion in the next five years, according to Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade.

Don’t Be Scared of Duterte, Philippine Finance...

30 September, 2016 at 10:44

Foreign investors unnerved by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on crime and combustible temperament should be “more sophisticated” and focus on the fast-growing economy and investor-friendly policies, said Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III.

19 July, 2016 at 14:11

The administration of President Rodrigo R. Duterte aims to hike the spending on infrastructure to 7% of the economic output within his term, Budget Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said on Thursday.

Will PPP, P6.58-T infra binge end Pinoys’...

12 May, 2015 at 11:20

by Lorenz S. Marasigan – May 10, 2015 MANILA, a busy capital in Southeast Asia, was still asleep when James Lopez, a 24-year-old tech

Infrastructure spending below programmed levels in 9...

4 February, 2015 at 11:54

INFRASTRUCTURE spending in the first nine months of 2014 fell below programmed levels by almost a third as spending by key agencies was hindered

Infrastructure boost set

24 July, 2013 at 14:42

THE GOVERNMENT plans to further raise infrastructure spending to comprise a bigger percentage of the economy next year, towards a 5% ratio by

Aquino’s drive vs corruption

2 December, 2011 at 18:15

This is a re-posted opinion piece. How the Philippines’ national budget of P1.816 trillion (US$41 billion) for FY 2012 is disbursed will make or

Philippine Economy grows by 3.2 percent in...

28 November, 2011 at 11:46

This is a re-posted press release. The domestic economy has decelerated for the third consecutive quarter from the 7.3 percent honey moon growth

Gov’t sees Q3 growth gain

17 November, 2011 at 15:59

ECONOMIC GROWTH likely improved in the third quarter from April-June, a Cabinet official said, citing “still robust” private investments, a

Now is our chance

14 November, 2011 at 11:21

This is a re-posted opinion piece. The world is in turmoil. There is the Arab Spring where three governments have fallen, sadly in far too bloody

Role of criticism in a democracy

10 November, 2011 at 14:16

This is a re-posted opinion piece. Criticism keeps leaders on their toes, prods them to do better, and hopefully improves actual performance. In

Stimulus–really?

4 November, 2011 at 11:44

This is a re-posted opinion piece. To stimulate an economy you need to create jobs, to get money into consumers’ hands, to build infrastructure