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Philippines starts bidding round for largest PPP project ever
A total of 8 foreign and local companies have expressed interest in the $2.8 billion Laguna Lakeshore expressway dike project that will connect Taguig in...
Philippine government deficit surges
The Philippines' budget deficit rose to $1.2 billion in July 2013, 35.6 per cent higher than in the same month in 2012, the Department...
PPP a pillar to sustained Philippine growth
Government spending in the Philippines’ public-private partnership (PPP) programme is a driving force behind the country’s phenomenal growth, banking giant Standard Chartered has said....
Philippines’ agricultural basin held back by poor roads
The Philippine island of Mindanao, source of eight out of 10 agri-commodity exports in the country, may not be the first notion that pops...
The Philippines’ overdue make-over
The Philippines does indeed come off as a gritty girl who rushed herself out of bed in the morning, especially to visitors who get their first impression when arriving at Manila airport, Justin Calderon feels.
Fun in the Philippines costs $1.85b
The Philippines plan to spend around $1.85 billion in the next four years on infrastructure projects in support of the Department of Tourism’s “It’s...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...