
Results not optics
Filipinos are not demanding more elaborate messaging from the government; they are asking for tangible evidence that their daily lives are improving.
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Filipinos are not demanding more elaborate messaging from the government; they are asking for tangible evidence that their daily lives are improving.
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The latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed that Filipinos were most dissatisfied with the Marcos administration’s handling of inflation, fuel…
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The Marcos administration’s housing program for low-income Filipinos emerged as one of the strongest-performing government initiatives in the latest Social…
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The rating represented a steep 27-point decline from the administration’s positive 14 net satisfaction score in November 2025.
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) expects inflation to remain above its 3 percent target until 2028 as the effects of the Gulf conflict continue to ripple…
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The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) slipped 18.31 points, or 0.30 percent, to close at 6,135.35 on Friday, while the peso weakened to P60.775 per US…
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The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) rebounded 38.85 points, or 0.64 percent, to 6,153.66 on Thursday while the peso depreciated to P60.56 from P60.39…
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The BSP’s key policy rate now stands at 4.75 percent. Interest rates on overnight deposit and lending facilities were likewise adjusted to 4.25 percent and…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) raised its key policy rate by 25 basis points on Thursday as persistent inflationary pressures stemming from the Gulf…
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‘We expect the BSP to hike the policy rate by 50 bps to 5.0 percent from 4.5 percent, as elevated inflation remains the key policy concern despite softer…
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Standard Chartered Bank expects the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to raise interest rates by 50 basis points (bps) at its monetary policy meeting on…
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The Philippines’ outstanding external debt declined slightly to $147.35 billion at the end of the first quarter of 2026 from $147.65 billion at the end of…
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Nearly nine in 10 Filipinos support strengthening partnerships with like-minded countries to defend the West Philippine Sea (WPS) in accordance with the 2016…
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Two historic Clark Air Base maps have been donated to the Clark Development Corporation (CDC) by a scientist who worked alongside Philippine volcanologists…
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Philippine conglomerates face roughly P1.6 trillion — about $26 billion — in debt obligations maturing between 2027 and 2029.
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According to BPI lead economist Emilio Neri Jr., interest rate hikes by the central bank in response to Gulf-driven inflation could support the local currency…
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Tighter monetary policy by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) could help support the Philippine peso, which remains near record lows against the US dollar…
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