Citing a resurgent economy that he said was peaking toward “inclusive growth,” President Aquino on Tuesay exhorted business leaders and investors to play a bigger role in the most vibrant sectors—agriculture, tourism and infrastructure.
A delegation from the European parliament will be in the Philippines this week to explore business opportunities in the country and boost the European Union’s (EU) support for the Mindanao peace process, the EU’s office in Manila said in a statement Monday.
Despite being in a recession, Spain will continue to turn a “fraternal eye” on its former colony, the Philippines.
President Benigno Aquino III will showcase the successes of his daang matuwid (right path) campaign when he goes to Switzerland next week for the World Economic Forum (WEF) where he is to deliver the keynote address in the anticorruption forum on the sidelines of the Davos meeting.
LONDON—Up to half of all the food produced in the world—two billion tons of it—is thrown away, according to a report published on Thursday. The waste is caused by poor infrastructure and storage facilities in the developing world, and “buy-one-get-one-free” offers, and the fussiness of consumers in the developed world, the report by the [...]
VATICAN CITY—Pope Benedict XVI urged world leaders on Monday to try to reduce the growing gap between the rich and the poor in regions such as Europe as they reform their economies. The pontiff also used his annual New Year’s speech at the Vatican to diplomats to press concerns he had raised in his [...]
China’s economic boom has seen its coral reefs shrink by at least 80 percent over the past 30 years, a joint Australian study found Thursday, with researchers describing “grim” levels of damage and loss.
In a message unmistakably directed at China, President Aquino on Monday told other Southeast Asian leaders gathered here that economic pressure should not be used to resolve worsening territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).
Southeast Asia will “chart its own course” as it deepens economic linkages, building on the successes and learning from the mistakes of the European Union, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Monday.
The Philippines’ performance in meeting its Millennium Development Goals has remained dismal with barely three years into the deadline to achieve the objectives set by United Nations member-states, according to a UN report.
WASHINGTON—Changes could be in store for US-Asian relations, but that has little to do with presidential race. Lost in the backbiting between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney over China is that they generally agree on their approaches to Asia. But whoever wins the November 6 vote will have to deal with a region [...]
Singapore, one of Asia’s most robust economies, is taking notice of the Philippines’ recent economic gains and is looking to expand its investments in the Philippines, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.
