Taking Control: China sends biggest Warship Yuzheng 312, heading to West Philippine Sea

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China's Biggest Warship Yuzheng 312 to be stationed in the West Philippines Sea to protect the Chinese Fishermen in the foreign territory . China sends biggest ship to West Philippine Sea China has commissioned its largest patrol ship to carry out a law enforcement mission in the disputed West Philippine...

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Japan Terra Motors launches electric tuk-tuk for the Philippines 100,000 units in 2016

Terra Motors' e-tricycle can carry six and travel 31 miles per charge. (Credit: Terra Motors) "E-trikes" are part of a movement to cut CO2 emissions and fuel costs in Asian cities. Manila wants 100,000 by 2016. Tuk-tuks are a common way to get around in many Asian cities, but...

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USA, Japan preferred the Philippines for Investment, BRICSS summit faces challenges over growth

As USA and Japan preferred the Philippines for Investment, BRICSS summit faces challenges over growthBRICS leaders (from left) India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South African President Jacob Zuma, Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose in Durban on March 27, 2013. ALEXANDER...

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INC- World’s biggest dome-arena in the Philippines to host AFF Suzuki Cup in 2016

INC- World's biggest dome-arena in the Philippines to host AFF Suzuki Cup in 2016 Football has been steadily rising in popularity in the Philippines in recent years and following their successful qualifiers for the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup in Maldives, the Philippines Football Federation (PFF) have officially declared...

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Philippines, Brazil sign pact on sports cooperation

BraziliaTHE Philippines and Brazil have inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will improve sports cooperation between the two countries. The Department of Foreign Affairs said that Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Ricardo Garcia and the National Secretary of Brazil's Ministry of Sports, Toninho Nascimento, signed a MOU...

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Philippines Gets First Investment-Grade Credit Rating from FITCH

HONG KONG — The Philippines was once the sick man of Asia: badly managed, corrupt and poor. Years of efforts by the government of President Benigno S. Aquino III paid off Wednesday, when the country received, for the first time, an investment-grade credit rating from one of the...

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Manila’s Payatas dump site residents benefits the clean energy from Methane

AFP © Philippines turns trash into clean energy windfall Philippines turn trash into clean energy windfall Manila - Payatas residents experienced a first kilowatt power generated from the methane gas and now more likely benefiting the power from the garbage. Mrs.  Teresita Mabignay does her ironing using free...

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Philippines will Loan Half Billion US Dollars from Japan for Railway & Bohol Air

Japan to lend Philippines $570 Million for rail, airport The Philippines would borrow more than $570 million from Japan to fund an expansion of the capital's light rail system and a new airport for one of the nation's top tourist attractions. More than three-quarters of the package will...

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UN: Polish ITLOS Judge Stanislaw Pawlak appointed for Philippine - China Spratlys Trial

Sea tribunal names judge to PHILIPPINES arbitration case vs CHINA over Spratlys area The Philippines' arbitration case against China has moved a step forward after the president of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) appointed the second member of the ad hoc tribunal that...

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GOING GLOBAL: Filipino competitiveness is NOT GOOD, IT’S GREAT!

Illustration by REY RIVERA By James Michael Lafferty MANILA, Philippines -I was a panelist last week in the Euromoney Philippines Investment Forum along with many dignitaries, including President Benigno Aquino III and Secretary of Finance Cesar Purisima. One of those "standard" questions came up concerning, "What can the...

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AIDEA Philippines – A Filipino’s brain: World’s leading Architectural Design Firm

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Aidea design for UP Technohub Filipino architect designs buildings in 40 countries After working in Hong Kong for nine years, architect Abelardo Tolentino Jr. returned to the Philippines in 1998 to lead the local unit of a British architectural company at the height of the Asian financial crisis. ...

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