MANILA, Philippines – An increase in toll is set to be implemented in the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) as early as March when the rehabilitation and widening of the Alabang-Calamba segment is complet…

Philippine shares surged Monday, the first trading day of the year, with investors taking their cue from last week’s rally on Wall Street.The Philippine Stock Exchange index rose 101.84 points, or 5.4…

Manila – Philippine share prices rose 5.43 per cent on Monday, the first trading day of the year, on expectations the US economy will finally start recovering. The Philippine Stock Exchange’s 30-share…

What games stand the best chance of changing the broader industry in 2009, either by dramatically influencing what consumers play and purchase, or by demonstrating the commercial viability of new reve…

Four rural banks are seeking emergency loans from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) while Wachovia Bank, the fourth biggest bank in the US, has closed its representative office in Cebu.

President Arroyo is still undecided on the question of whether or not to support congressional moves to extend the country’s rent-control law, which expired last month, by another three years.

Investments approved by the Board of Investments (BoI) in 2008 went up 34 percent to P287 billion versus P215 billion in 2007, surpassing the government’s 12 percent growth target for the year.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) welcomed the approval by the Supreme Court of the 2008 Rules of Procedure on Corporate Rehabilitation which will take effect January 16, 2009.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) of the United Nations is spending $ 18.3 million to help the Philippines improve rice production, according to IFAD vice president Kanayo Nwa…

MANILA, Philippines – Charges of unfair competition are being readied against the owners and executives of several shops caught selling fake Petron and Shell gas cylinders and equipment in Las Piň…