Strong political will, after years of indecision
AFTER years of government indecision, the Clark International Airport expansion project has finally begun.
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Businessmen told not to cheat gov’t of taxes
President Duterte has warned the country’s business community against cheating on their tax payments to the government.
Duterte won’t fire Customs chief
President Duterte isn’t firing Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon despite the huge drug shipment that entered the country under the bureau’s ...
Faeldon stays in BOC, enjoys Duterte’s full confidence
President Duterte is not firing Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon despite the huge drug shipment that passed through the Bureau of ...
A plan to modernize the nation’s jeepneys
SEVENTY years after enterprising Filipinos transformed the American military jeep into the Filipino jeepney for mass transport in the country, ...
Funding economic growth (2)
The Duterte administration has rolled out a strategy of launching a massive infrastructure program which his economic planners believe will ...
Landbank earmarks P1-B for e-jeepneys
The Land Bank of the Philippines is putting up a P1 billion credit facility for a pilot project that would ...
Gina has 50-50 chance – Manny
Senator Manny Pacquiao said Tuesday that Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez has a 50-50 chance of getting the ...
Funding economic growth
Of his many personal traits, President Rody Duterte’s candor easily stands out. He admits to lack of knowledge of economics.
Six weeks to study key issues at DENR
THE Commission on Appointments (CA), along with the Senate and the House of Representatives, went on recess last Wednesday for ...
Dominguez: President’s foreign trips all worth it
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said the President has raised a total of $33 billion worth of investments and loans from ...
Environment, natural resources deserve separate departments
CONGRESS last year enacted a bill creating a Department of Transportation (DoTr) and a separate Department of Information and Communication ...
Lunar New Year of the Fire Rooster
ALONG with the United States and the rest of the Western world, we celebrated New Year’s Day last January 1, ...
Duterte looking for ‘win-win solution’ to SSS pension hike
President Duterte is looking for a “win-win solution” to resolve the impasse over the proposed pension increase for Social Security ...
We don’t need a bypass; we need new hearts!
Metro Manila is congested. Its major arteries are blocked and it is causing high blood pressure to motorists and residents. ...
Determined President at APEC summit
President Duterte is prepared to give a “lecture” on the “finer points of civilization” to any world leader who may ...