MISAMIS ORIENTAL — The government is set to start operations of a new airport in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental, on Saturday, despite the absence of a key navigational facility.
ONLY CNR Dalian Locomotive & Rolling Stock Co., Ltd. has qualified for the P3.7-billion Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) capacity expansion project of the Department of Transport and Communications (DoTC).
PALO, LEYTE — The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) has declared a 440-hectare area in Eastern Samar as the first People’s Small-Scale Mining Area or Minahan ng Bayan in Eastern Visayas.
CAGAYAN DE ORO — A belated ?20 minimum wage adjustment has been approved for Northern Mindanao after officials last year deferred action on a proposed wage raise.
PROJECTS TO upgrade three regional airport terminals will be auctioned off this month while the deadline of submission and bid opening for two other projects has been rescheduled, according to the Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC).
(Third of three parts)OVER THE last two weeks, we have been talking about the many challenges facing banks, supervisors and policy makers given the current convoluted and evolving financial regulatory reform landscape. While these reforms are still in various stages of finalization, we have enough information to make qualified assessments of how these reforms will impact banks and their business models, providing financial organizations with a small breathing space within which to engage in scenario planning and risk management assessments.
PRESIDENT BENIGNO S.C. Aquino III on Friday pitched investments for the Philippines to foreign businessmen at the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Myanmar.
SEAT ENTITLEMENTS between the Philippines and Macau have been raised with more flights to and from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport while the limit for other gateways has been lifted, an official said Thursday.
THE AGRICULTURE department started Friday a probe on wheat flour imports from Turkey over allegations of dumping.
OFFICE OCCUPANCY rates at central business districts (CBDs) in Metro Manila continued to grow in the first quarter driven by demand from the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, an official from real estate services firm CBRE Philippines, Inc. said yesterday.