Benigno Aquino III

Philippine tourist arrivals are expected to balloon after President Benigno Aquino III signed a new law on March 7 exempting foreign air and shipping...

The Philippine tourism industry is readied to become the muscle behind the country’s job generation machine, employing 7.4 million people by 2016, up from...

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has made an historic visit to the rebel stronghold of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the southern...

Developmental progress in the Philippines has set new benchmarks, yet only represents the “tip of the iceberg,” President Benigno Aquino III said in his...

The Philippine government is keen to shift Mindanao to the top of its developmental agenda, citing positive growth in the country’s economy and the...

The peace framework agreement signed between Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and the break away Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has been successful at...

The news that Mindanao would be receiving investments from Malaysia amounting to $575 million was the most viewed story on Investvine over the past three days. Justin Calderon found out why.

At his debut visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has pitched to the international investor community...

The Philippines and Indonesia at times seem to be tethered to the same wagon. Both countries sit just above or below investment-worthy credit ratings and are forecast to maintain a GDP growth rate of at least 5 per cent annually during the following decade.

Investor fascination has been sparked in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao with a recent peace agreement, but if security issues persist this new found attention may be fleeting, writes Justin Calderon.

Production at Swiss mining giant Xstrata’s $5.9-million copper-gold mine in the Philippines’ southern island of Mindanao has been delayed three years to 2019 due...

The Philippines is increasingly focusing on the investment allure of Mindanao, the country’s second largest island, now that a decades-old insurgency has been largely...

The recently signed peace deal in the Philippines' troubled southern Mindanao region has prompted a number of countries to step up their investment and...

Ahead of US president Barack Obama’s landmark visit to Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s dusty capital of 1.5 million, for the 21st ASEAN Summit, the government...

An estimated 1,000 government healthcare workers staged a walkout on October 25 in Manila in protest of cost-raising privatisation measures to be instated under...

There are an estimated 200,000 Filipinos working in Qatar, or roughly 10 per cent of the population. Filipinos commonly find jobs as construction workers, domestic helpers or in the hospitality and tourism industry.

The Philippine government said it is aiming to boost foreign direct investment to $10 billion annually, with a focus on the Business Process Outsourcing...