MANILA: The Energy Development Corporation has started to roll out its five-year training program in key areas including enhanced geothermal, district heating, drilling, geology, geophysics, heat pumps and other geothermal related programmes. Find out more
MANILA: The Central Operations Services Office of the Asian Development Bank is holding the second Business Opportunities Fair on 2-3 March 2011 at the its headquarters in Manila.
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MANILA: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasted a positive growth forecast of 6 percent for Philippines this year, after better-than-expected GDP growth in the first quarter of 2010. Find out more
MONTREAL: International airline passenger traffic was up 11.7 percent from a year earlier in May, while freight demand jumped by 34.3 percent, the International Air Transport Association reports. Find out more
SINGAPORE: The economies of Southeast Asian countries and India all posted positive growth figures for the first quarter of 2010, raising optimism that the rest of the year would present similarly upbeat figures. Find out more
MANILA: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched an ambitious renewable energy project designed to attract billions of dollars of private investment into the solar power sector, BusinessGreen.com reported. Find out more
MANILA: San Miguel Corporation (SMC) subsidiary San Miguel Yamamura Packaging International Ltd (SMYPIL) has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of a majority stake in the Cospak Group, a Sydney-based packaging-trading company.
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MANILLA: A US$250 million grant has been approved by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to fund efficiency and renewable energy projects in the Philippines.
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HONG KONG: In a bid to develop its geothermal energy resources, the Philippines is looking to attract US$2.5 billion in private investment.
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FRANKFURT: A report compiled by Deutsche Bank Research (DBR) using data from the World Bank predicts the middle classes of the Asian states will account for 8.9 percent of the world population and 7.7 percent of global income by 2030. Find out more
