LAOAG CITY—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Monday unveiled the country’s first coconut biodiesel project that would be jointly undertaken by Filipinos and Japanese in more than 1,000 hectares of grassland in the northern town of Pagudpud.

MANILA, Philippines - Energy Secretary Angelo T. Reyes has urged its Asian counterparts to help spur investments in clean energy.

MANILA, Philippines -Globe Business supported the recently concluded Cebu ICT 2009 which this year carried the theme “Cebu e-Merging Island of Innovation” held at the Cebu International Convention Center.

MANILA, Philippines - Local entrepreneurship is on the rise, with total sales for the government initiated One Town One Project (OTOP) Luzon Island Fair more than doubling to P29.5 million, from P14.3 million a year ago.

MANILA, Philippines – Demand for laptops is expected to increase as the cost of wireless Internet access likewise continues to go down.

FOR A few minutes on class days, student members of the club My Backyard of the Center of Excellence in Public Elementary Education (Centex) work on new entries to the My Backyard website.

MANILA, Philippines - The country’s biggest business organization said it welcomes the recent rise in foreign investments in big plantations for as long as the investors do not violate Philippine laws.

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Tourism (DOT) is organizing the Philippine Travel Exchange (Phitex) 2009 to bring in some 200 wholesale buyers from all over the world.

MANILA, Philippines - Maria Emilynda Jeddahlyn Pia Benosa, Christine Delner Robledo, and Lindo F. Lindo have been chosen to spend a year in American universities by the Global Exchange Program, which is facilitated by the Fulbright Foundation and sponsored by the US Department of State. 

MUÑOZ, Nueva Ecija—A new rice variety that can survive days under floodwater has been approved for planting by farmers in the country.