Universal Health Care Act Signed into Law in the Philippines

Feb 1, 2019

The President of the Philippines, Rodrigo R. Duterte, signed the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act into law which will automatically enroll all Filipinos under the government’s health insurance program. Concerned agencies will draft implementing rules and regulations...

CAPEX in Integrated Gaming Resort Raised to USD 2.3 billion

Feb 1, 2019

Megaworld Corporation, the Philippines’ largest developer of integrated urban townships, announced that it is raising its capital spending budget to PHP 64 billion (USD 1.2 billion) over a period of 10 years in the 31-hectare Westside City, an upcoming...

Ecological Industrial Zone Being Developed in Typhoon Ravaged Province

Feb 1, 2019

The competitiveness of the local copper industry is being enhanced with the creation of an ecological industrial zone in Leyte province. Palafox Associates has already started crafting the master plan for the Leyte Ecological Industrial Zone (LEIZ) right after it won...

Environmental Groups Pushing for Decentralized Waste Management

Feb 1, 2019

The Zero Waste Cities Project Dumaguete and other Environmental groups are actively pushing and presenting ideas for waste management systems at barangay level, which is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines, and for proper waste segregation starting...