The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has assured the public that the hiked premium-bid requirement for the P55-billion Cavite-Laguna Expressway (Calax) deal will not result in higher toll rates for the proposed thoroughfare.
Read MoreEuropean businessmen said they are closely watching the developments of the “water contracts†between Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) and the water concessionaires as they continue to harp on government to honor contracts and not to change horses midstream.
Read MoreThe Finance and Trade departments have finally reached consensus on a monitoring scheme for tax incentives given to export firms, eight months after talks on an incentives measure started at the House of Representatives.
Read MoreThe Navotas representative pointed out that since no case has yet been filed against Binay before the Sandiganbayan, there is no basis for the AMLC to say that the money in Binay’s bank accounts is ill-gotten.
Read More“Metro .Carmageddon’ and the subsequent port congestion has started to take its toll on the public approval ratings of the once highly popular President during the homestretch of his term.†- Ducky Paredes
Read MorePhilippine officials called on Sunday for criminal penalties for factory owners who violate safety standards days after a deadly fire at a footwear plant claimed 72 lives.
Read More"Which of the countries can boast of embracing the world so fully, with its body in Asia, its spirit in North America and its soul in Latin Europe?"
Read MoreMany in the business community are hoping that Malacañang would truly imbibe a true sense of urgency and make good on its promise to finally raise infrastructure spending.
Read MoreIn a world where short-term gain seems to be more attractive than long-term sustainability, in a business environment where a business deal needs end-less pages of legal language that can easily be circumnavigated if wanted, it may be necessary to focus attention on the historic principle of the 'honorable merchant' and 'preserve the virtues and decency of the honorable merchant'.
Read MoreAt least eight banks and insurance companies have expressed interest to expand and invest in the Philippines, Trade Secretary Gregory Domingo said Tuesday.
Read MoreIt’s like changing horses in midstream. So say European businessmen when they demanded the government honor its contractual obligations on top of the 22 reforms they want to push and implement.
Read MoreSeven groups making up the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) yesterday submitted to the Trade department an advocacy paper that spelled out investor concerns, a few of which they hope would be acted on before the current administration ends its term on June 30 next year.
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