SteelAsia, Chinese group to build P108-billion integrated facility

STEELASIA Manufacturing Corp. said it entered into an agreement with a Chinese steelmaker to construct a P108-billion integrated steel facility at a

Maharlika fund billed as means of addressing power, food security

By Beatriz Marie D. Cruz SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez said on Sunday that the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill will help address

DPWH seeking China grants for Visayas, Mindanao bridges

By Arjay L. Balinbin, Senior Reporter THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is hoping to obtain “grant assistance” from the Chinese

DBM considering ‘green’ standards for gov’t procurement

THE Procurement Service (PS) of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is planning to impose a green public procurement (GPP) standard

Pushback to ‘holiday economics’ centers on disadvantages for no-work, no-pay employees

PROPOSALS to enact a “holiday economics” measure will help prop up tourism as a pillar of the recovery, analysts said, but such

PHL-Israel trade not seen sufficiently developed to warrant FTA

THE PHILIPPINES and Israel have not yet reached the point in their trade relationship that warrants a free trade agreement (FTA), Ilan

Digital government: Creating real connections

(First of two parts) As people increasingly look to the government to defend their lives and means of subsistence during times of crises,