
Philippines, Japan strengthen defense ties amid regional security concerns
The Department of National Defense (DND) said Friday that Senior Undersecretary Irineo C. Espino met with Japanese lawmaker Fujita Fumitake of the Japan…
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The Department of National Defense (DND) said Friday that Senior Undersecretary Irineo C. Espino met with Japanese lawmaker Fujita Fumitake of the Japan…
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The Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) have signed an information-sharing agreement to strengthen the investigation and…
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s shift in rhetoric during his 2026 State of the Nation Address (SoNA) may pose challenges to his administration’s fiscal…
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The country’s business sentiment recovered sharply in June, with firms turning neutral on current economic conditions, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP)…
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Philippine business sentiment recovered sharply in June, with firms turning neutral on current economic conditions, according to the Bangko Sentral ng…
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Strong demand for artificial intelligence (AI)-related products and resilient domestic spending have prompted economists to raise the 2026 growth outlook for…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) expects inflation to ease for a third consecutive month in July as lower prices of key food items help offset the broader…
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With the initiatives of the Department of Trade and Industry and the Marcos administration to provide exporters more foreign markets to sell their products,…
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The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) climbed 49.01 points, or 0.78 percent, to 6,353.04 on Wednesday, while the peso strengthened by 20.4 centavos to…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Philippine Payments Management, Inc. (PPMI) have launched three new digital payment services aimed at making…
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Consumers should not expect all digital fund transfers to become free, with the country’s fintech industry saying transaction fees remain necessary to keep…
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Consumers should not expect all digital fund transfers to become free, with the country’s fintech industry saying transaction fees remain necessary to keep…
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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said it will swiftly start the legal scrubbing procedure after negotiations of the Philippine-Chile Comprehensive…
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The Philippines’ external debt remains sustainable despite rising to $147.35 billion in the first quarter of 2026, with the BSP citing long-term maturities,…
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Since President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assumed office in July 2022, the country’s external debt has ballooned by nearly a third, rising by more than $36 billion…
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The manufacturing industry remains the Philippine Economic Zone Authority's (PEZA) largest sector and continues to drive its investment approvals, exports and…
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Was it a good move? It may have been a reasonable one, executed with orthodox central banking logic, and not the reckless liquidation critics have painted it…
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