Tinio blasts ‘fabricated’ Marcos poverty metrics
The administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. must face the reality of poverty in the country amid rising market prices, stagnant wages and a lack of…
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The administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. must face the reality of poverty in the country amid rising market prices, stagnant wages and a lack of…
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The government says poverty fell to a record-low 9.7 percent in 2025, but the number comes with a question that is harder to answer: How much does a Filipino…
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The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) raised the possibility of geoblocking social media platforms in the Philippines, including…
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The gap between what a family needs and what the government considers acceptable to pay them is a canyon with a press release taped over it.
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High-volume printing can quickly become a workplace bottleneck, particularly when machines slow down, supplies run out or employees have to repeatedly…
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The Philippines brought its poverty rate down to a historic low of 9.7 percent in 2025, with more than 6.5 million Filipinos moving above the poverty threshold…
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GENEVA (AFP) — Only 40 percent of health care facilities worldwide met basic sanitation standards in 2025, while 11 percent had no sanitation services at all,…
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Manufacturing accounted for P78.81 billion, or 68.4 percent of total foreign investment pledges on projects approved in this year’s second quarter.
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Foreign investment pledges surged 68.2 percent year-on-year to P115.20 billion in the second quarter of 2026, from P68.48 billion a year earlier, as…
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Inflation in Central Visayas (CV) slowed to 8.7 percent in July from 10.1 percent in June, driven by easing price increases in key commodities like food and…
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The Philippine agriculture sector continued its recovery in the second quarter as farm production expanded across crops, livestock, poultry and fisheries,…
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Following persistent inflation pressures and a slower economic environment, the Philippine labor market showed signs of strain in June 2026 as the number of…
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Philippine inflation slowed for a third straight month to 6.2 percent in July from 6.4 percent in June, as improved fuel supply conditions helped temper…
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Easing transport costs and improving supply conditions tempered price pressures in July, bringing the country’s headline inflation rate down to 6.2 percent…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) is stepping up preparations for the expected return of El Niño after the country posted its highest-ever second-quarter…
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The Philippines' newfound upper-middle-income country (UMIC) status is unlikely to have a tangible impact in the near term, according to risk management firm…
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