Behind every crisis is opportunity. The economic drop that Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada caused by his citywide daytime truck ban in time could perk up the entire Mega Manila. That is, if national officials get their act together.

MANILA, Philippines – The congestion and shipment delays at the Manila ports are making Philippine exports highly uncompetitive, as most ports do not have to contend with a similar cause — a truck ban policy, according to two prominent leaders of the business community.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P35.3 billion as subsidy for the health insurance coverage of indigent families enrolled in the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP) or PhilHealth.

MANILA, Philippines – The European Commission (EC) is set to endorse the Philippines’ application to qualify for the Generalized System of Preferences Plus (GSP+), a scheme that would allow more goods to enter the bloc at zero tariff.

MANILA, Philippines – A 58-year-old man died after falling 20 feet from the roof of a building in Manila on Friday morning as he was cutting down a tree mangled by Typhoon Glenda earlier this week.

BLACKOUT: Things that we taxpayers have to endure because pig heads in government presume to rule other people’s lives despite their incompetence…. Here I am in my parked car, on the fourth day of the Big Blackout, tapping out this Postscript on my mobile phone. My PC and all devices in the house have been…

MANILA, Philippines – The European Commission (EC) is set to endorse the Philippines’ application to qualify for the Generalized System of Preferences Plus (GSP+), a scheme that would allow more goods to enter the bloc at zero tariff.

MANILA, Philippines – Almost half of the country’s unemployment problem is said to be solved if youth unemployment will be addressed, according to the Department Of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Director of Labor Communications Office, Nicon Fameronag in an exclusive interview with the Philippines News Agency.

In an earlier article, I wrote about “20 strategies to live longer.” This list includes stopping smoking, getting vaccinated, living a less risky life, exercising regularly, and eating fruits and oily fishes, among others. However, unknown to many readers, there are still more ways to add a couple of years to your life.

The Philippines has dropped 10 notches in a global index measuring innovation, landing the country third to last in a surveyed region defined by East and Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.

TAGUM CITY, Philippines—Communist rebels burned two buses owned by a mining company in Maco, Compostela Valley, on Friday, police said.

MANILA, Philippines – Thousands of unemployed youth and other vulnerable workers now lead much better lives because of the Disbursement Allocation Program (DAP), according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

MANILA (Reuters) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has cut its growth forecast for Southeast Asia this year, as the Thai coup, Indonesia’s mineral export ban and industrial park riots in Vietnam take a toll.

Singapore has warned maid employment agencies in the city-state against “undignified” advertising following complaints by rights groups that domestic workers are being marketed as commodities.

If you have room in your head for only one nugget of leadership wisdom, make it this one: the most powerfully motivating condition people experience at work is making progress at something that is personally meaningful. If your job involves leading others, the implications are clear: the most important thing you can do each day…

(First of three parts) The cost of electricity in the Philippines is measured in many ways. For the consumers, the cost is measured in pesos per kilowatt-hours that appear in the monthly bills.

MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Internal Revenue resumed its shame campaign against doctors who fail to pay their just share of taxes.

Chipmaker raises revenue forecast for third quarter on expectations of demand rebound Intel Corp believes the worst is over for a personal computer industry hammered by the mobile revolution. The United States-based chipmaker forecast third-quarter revenue above Wall Street’s expectations on Tuesday, sending its stock 4 per cent higher in extended trade.

MANILA, Philippines – The first batch of Senior High School graduates in the country are now reaping the benefits of the additional two years in the basic education system, the Department of Education (DepEd) said yesterday.

As president of a small college, I have nightmares about 2016. In that year, my college will not have first-year students, because all Grade 10 students will be going to Grade 11. The next year, 2017, we will still not have first-year students, because the Grade 11 students will be going to Grade 12. We…

FEU Diliman and Sitel signed a memorandum of understanding which aims to produce qualified graduates who can help sustain the growth of the BPO industry. Present during the MOU signing were (from left) Sitel HR supervisor Mark Paolo Anido, Sitel country director for talent acquisition Nathan Andaya, FEU Diliman dean of College Lakan-asa Bautista and…

PROSPECTS for the Philippine economy remain rosy given robust demand conditions, monetary authorities noted during a policy meeting last month, with reconstruction efforts following last year’s calamities also expected to provide a boost.

With more than half of the 35 million people living with HIV unaware they are infected, the battle is far from over however GENEVA, Switzerland – Global AIDS-related deaths and new HIV infections have fallen by over a third in a decade, raising hopes of beating the killer disease by 2030, the United Nations said…

(Reuters) – China’s economic growth picked up slightly in the second quarter as a burst of government stimulus paid dividends, but analysts said Beijing will likely need to offer more support to meet its annual growth target as the property market slows.

Fed could hike rate sooner than expected: YellenWashington: The Federal Reserve could raise its interest rate sooner than expected as the jobs market improves, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said Tuesday, adding the Fed was closely watching for risks.

MANILA, Philippines – The government wants to slowly wean rice farmers away from the price support provided by the National Food Authority (NFA), but no drastic changes to the subsidies provided by the state-run food agency would be immediately implemented, said Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization Francis Pangilinan yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – More than 27,000 workers from Metro Manila and parts of Luzon will benefit from wider access to Social Security System (SSS) services after accrediting non-government organizations (NGOs) assisting the urban poor and a cooperative for vegetable vendors as partner agents. The government-run pension fund signed a servicing partner agent (SPA) agreement with…

MANILA, Philippines – The Aquino administration’s proposed budget for its flagship program for the poor known as the conditional cash transfer (CCT) has almost quadrupled in the last four years, from P29.2 billion in 2011 to P78 billion next year.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) aim to start negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) by early next year and complete the deal by 2017, a trade official said.

(Updated 11:38 a.m.) President Benigno Aquino III’s approval and trust ratings plunged after the Supreme Court (SC) declared his administration’s Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) as partially unconstitutional, pollster Pulse Asia said Monday.