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While the New People's Army aimed to raise P500 million through their extortion activities during the last election period, the military said the insurgent group was only able to collect an estimated P26 million.

MANILA, Philippines Television host Willie Revillame is planning to devote his time on his businesses once his contract with the No.

The Department of Finance thumbed down a proposal to grant income tax holiday incentive to hotels and resorts in top tourist destinations in the Philippines.

Hong Kong-based conglomerate First Pacific Co. Ltd. is eyeing tracts of land in Davao Oriental for its planned foray in the agriculture sector, Manuel V. Pangilinan, the company's managing director and chief executive officer, said.

More than 100 congressional candidates of the ruling Liberal Party have defeated their opponents in the May 13 elections.

Despite decreasing production, Region 12 or Soccsksargen region remained as the top coffee producer in the country last year, Department of Agriculture officials said.

In this Nov. 14, 2012 file photo, protesters wearing flower costumes, display placards during a rally near the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines to call on industrialized countries to act on the growing problem of climate change.

Percy Malonesio, head of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines at the Kalibo International Airport , announced Tuesday that several airline companies had notified cancellation of flights to and from Taiwan beginning May 22.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III addresses the media shortly after leading the 115th Philippine Navy anniversary celebration at Fort San Felipe, Cavite city, south-west of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

CAGAYAN DE ORO. Fire fighters contain the fire that raze Granex Oil Mill. The fire starts inside a warehouse which contain tons of dried copra for processing.

THE Negros staff manning the Negros Pavilion at the International Food Exhibition -Philippines are in an intense mood while seriously attending to the investors who are interested in Negros products.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo won more than 88 per cent of the vote for congress in Pampanga province.

Davao Oriental police chief Superintendent Jose Carumba said Romie Almacin, elected councilor of Governor Generoso town, was on his way to his farm aboard a motorcycle when he was attacked by four assailants in Tibanban village past 8pm on Sunday.

FOR three years now, government has been trying to get a P580-million loan to dredge and deepen the sea near Cebu City's port, so that larger cargo vessels and cruise ships can dock there.

MANILA "Be Careful with my Heart" lead actress Jodi Sta. Maria said she is extremely happy that her boyfriend Jolo Revilla is now the vice governor of Cavite.

Hotel construction report summarizing the pipeline for Asia Pacific, USA, Sth America and more regions around the world.

The Philippines has experienced tremendous growth in both its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Foreign Reserves over the past decades. Quarter after quarter, year after year remittances from Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) have been steadily increasing, so much so that those remittances have almost singlehandedly turned the Philippines into one of the fastest growing economies in the world. For the first time ever, rating agencies such as Fitch, Standard and Poor, and most recently the Japan Credit Rating Agency have raised the country's sovereign rating to “investment grade.” This action is expected to further boost the country’s already spectacular rise by bringing in more foreign investment as well as reducing the cost of borrowing.

BAMBOO, the world's tallest grass and member of the family that also includes rice and corn, can help boost the country's economy and also sustain the income of those who plant it.

Lopez-led Energy Development Corporation has gotten the green light from the Department of Energy to push through with the development of its $300-million wind project in Burgos, Ilocos Norte.

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte said the results of the May 13 elections which showed strong support for the Aquino government is a strong indication of similar people's backing to government's reform agenda.