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MANILA, Philippines – Unknown to many, the Central University Belt or “U-belt” area in Sampaloc, Manila, is home not only to several universities and colleges but to several heritage sites as well.

An affiliate of Megaworld Corp., First Oceanic Property Management Inc., has alloted up to P100 million for a public transportation system that would link Megaworld’s projects in Fort Bonifacio.

THE PESO’S sharp appreciation against the dollar has neither dampened overseas Filipinos’ interest in buying real estate nor resulted in delinquency in their housing loans so far, BPI Family Bank said.
Alfonso Salcedo, president of BPI Family Bank–the thrift bank subsidiary of the Ayalas’ Bank of the Philippine Islands–said housing loans from overseas Filipinos were still […]

MANILA, Philippines—Officials of Marilao town in Bulacan province and the cities of Valenzuela and Caloocan in Metro Manila have agreed to join hands in cleaning up the Marilao River which was included last year in the list of dirtiest places worldwide.
The agreement was reached in a meeting last week among Bulacan Gov. Joselito Mendoza, Marilao […]

MANILA, Philippines—Green beds of pechay and lettuce, plots of kangkong and saluyot, and fruit-laden trellises of ampalaya and upo have taken the place of weeds and grass in several vacant lots in Mapayapa Village III, Capitol Site in Quezon City.
The homeowners association in the area used to spend quite a lot for the cleaning of […]

Metro Manila residents now have a place to go to see for themselves how urban gardening is done.
The Department of Agriculture (DA), in cooperation with the Philippine Seed Industry Association (PSIA), has set up an urban vegetable garden at its own compound.
Vegetable crops bred and developed by the Allied Botanical Corp. (ABC) are currently on […]

URBAN PLANNERS, EDUCATORS and businessmen envision this part of Manila as “Asia’s answer to the academic boroughs of Paris, Hamburg and New York.”
Sadly, the Central University Belt or U-Belt — where some of the country’s better known colleges and universities can be found — has deteriorated over the years.
It has, in fact, been described by […]

MANILA, Philippines – The Quezon City government is planning to rehabilitate its eight public markets by turning them into mixed-use medium-rise buildings.
The city’s Market Development and Administration Department (MDAD) has proposed the major renovation of the public markets in Kamuning, Project 2, Project 4, Roxas, San Jose, Murphy, Galas, and San Francisco del Monte.
The MDAD […]

Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte confirmed City Hall’s plans to “transform” the VMMC—but maintained that cash-strapped retirees need not worry.

The Quezon City government in its desire to support the development of micro enterprises in the city is now pushing for the full implementation of the BMBE Act (Barangay Micro-Business Enterprises and RA1978).

Callworkz, a start-up American call center operator, plans to invest $30 million to expand its operations in the Philippines and create 5,000 home-based jobs in three years.

Quezon City’s business friendly and propeople system of taxation has hiked up the locality ’s cash on-hand to close to P7 billion for the first month of the year.

Major cities in the Philippines generally take longer to issue business-related permits and licenses compared to most cities in the world, thus constraining their growth and competitiveness, a recent study shows.
Twenty-one cities in the country are able to authorize numerous and varying procedures in starting businesses in their jurisdictions because, according to a private sector […]

The Quezon City Police District has started demolishing the houses of some 200 families said to be illegally occupying a disputed portion of Camp Karingal in Sikatuna, Quezon City, to give way to the construction of quarters for its men.

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and some of the mayors who have been its constant critics on Friday agreed that each local government will issue its own traffic violation ticket.

The Nueva Ecija police recorded a total of 69 index crimes in the first quarter of the year, a 40 percent drop compared to the 116 cases during the same period last year.

DAVAO CITY — The vice-chairman of the regional development council in the Davao Region expects the feasibility study for a Davao Region railway system to be finished this year.

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) said it will establish Subic as a regional development center in Southeast Asia in the next 20 years.
The move would also spur the development of municipalities around the freeport, SBMA Administrator Armand Arreza said.
“Our big long-term goal would be to transform the greater Subic Bay […]