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By Luis Leoncio The Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC) has started a “fact-finding and science-based” review of mining operations across the country for the first time since the inception of this multisectoral oversight body five years ago, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said.

Subic Bay International Terminal Corp. (SBITC), a unit of International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI), operating the container terminals of the Subic Bay Freeport, supports the waiver of the $200 or P10,000 accreditation fee by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) for new logistics firms that will transact and do business at the Freeport.

The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) chose tycoon John Gokongwei Jr., founder and chairan emeritus of JG Summit Holdings Inc. as MAP Management Man of the Year 2017.

By Luis Leoncio The rules to implement Republic Act 10927 which amended the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001 (AMLA) was signed among heads and key officials of the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), Cagayan Export Zone Authority (CEZA) and Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport (APECO) in a ceremony held last Wednesday, October 25.

By Riza Lozada The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) soothed worries about the recent weakening of the peso saying that the currency is merely undergoing an “adjustment process.”

Top economic executives said confidence on the economy is expected to make a strong rebound now that the Marawi conflict has ended and rehabilitation is on the way.

The government has formed an inter-agency task force to tackle bottlenecks and gaps in the country’s infrastructure development as infrastructure spending picks up, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda).

The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) said mobile and internet services in the country remains poor a year after Globe Telecom Inc. and PLDT Inc. acquired San Miguel Corp.’s (SMC) telecommunications assets including the 700MHz frequency it holds in a blockbuster P69 billion deal.

By Luis Leoncio Economic managers and other Cabinet officials were ordered by President Duterte to hasten spending or else lose their jobs.

Investments inflow remain healthy despite the warning of Sen. Franklin Drilon during a Senate hearing over a 90.3 percent drop in inew investments on which he based his serious concerns “over the capability of the government to attract new foreign investments.”