THE Philippine car industry has yet to recover from the Asian financial crisis as it still faces weak domestic demand and competition from used imported vehicles, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said. Read the rest of this entry »
Local auto assemblers yet to recover from Asian crisis, says state think tank
January 2, 2008
NG hikes privatization target to P48.525B
January 2, 2008
The National Government (NG) has raised its privatization target for 2008 as it expects to fetch better-than-expected prices for the assets on the pipeline. Read the rest of this entry »
RP to lose P4.75b on first year of Japan pact
January 2, 2008
The Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement is expected to cost the national coffers as much as P4.75 billion in the first year of its implementation, according to a study conducted by the Department of Finance. Read the rest of this entry »
SC: Government employee getting pregnant out of wedlock not immoral
January 2, 2008
It is not immoral under the law for a government employee to give birth out of wedlock if she and the father are not married to other people, the Supreme Court has ruled. Read the rest of this entry »
Yearender: SC confronts human rights violations, unsolved slays
January 1, 2008
Chief Justice Reynato Puno introduced far-reaching reforms in the judiciary as 2007 was coming to a close, making authorities answerable to allegations of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances. Read the rest of this entry »
414,642 jobs created for micro SMEs – Palace
January 1, 2008
Over P35 billion in loans have been extended to various micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in 2007, generating nearly half a million new jobs, Malacañang said yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
