Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) – Francis Garcia is an engineer in a small company that imports solar cells and assembles them into lighting systems ..

To give reprieve to the plight of persons with disabilities (PWDs), Senator Sonny Angara is pushing for the passage of a bill that seeks to exempt per..

The Senate ways and means committee has approved a bill that seeks to exempt persons with disabilities from the 12-percent value added tax (VAT) on ce..

Agriculture must get a significant boost in the next 11 months to prepare the ground for continuing inclusive growth in the next administration. Pres..

MANILA, Philippines - The year 2015 is the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the United Nations (UN). Set to replace them for 20..

President Aquino failed to address these, economists say: MANILA, Philippines – Restricted foreign investments, underemployment, unrealistic minimum..

WITH LESS than a year before the end of the Aquino administration, the government has yet to implement strategic programs for the chronic poor, who ar..

MANILA, Philippines - The move to shut down remittance firms in developed countries may negatively impact remittance flows to the Philippines but only..

The country`s gross international reserves (GIR) reached US$80.4 billion as of end of July. This marks a decline by US$0.2 billion from the end of Jun..

THE GOVERNMENT’S conditional cash transfer program has mechanisms for rooting out ineligible beneficiaries from its database, the Department of Soci..

RELEGATED TO the sidelines during the signing of the Fair Competition Act in Malacañang two weeks ago was an important piece of legislation with a hu..

These thoughts are being written on the weekend prior to the Presidents final State of the Nation Address (SONA)–thus purely speculative. By the tim..

NO BACKLOGS. Students participate in an activity during the opening of classes at the President Corazon C. Aquino Elementary School in Quezon City. Fi..

NOY APPOINTEES IN PRA FACE PLUNDER RAPS The plunder charges are raining on the closest allies of President Aquino and the camp of Vice President Jejom..

MANILA - ''Face the music.'' This is the challenge of the camp of Vice President Jejomar Binay to Budget Secretary Butch Abad, who is facing another p..