
ASEAN FTAs open export opportunities
Philippine exporters can tap a nearly 680-million consumer market by making better use of ASEAN free trade agreements (FTAs), which can help reduce tariffs,…
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Philippine exporters can tap a nearly 680-million consumer market by making better use of ASEAN free trade agreements (FTAs), which can help reduce tariffs,…
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Sometimes the most important moments are not the signing ceremonies themselves, but the many months — even years — of conversations, negotiations and quiet…
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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 two initiatives bring together the Filipino spirit of bayanihan and Taiwan’s culture of collaborative civic engagement, fostering partnerships and…
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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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Attack obliterated two of the four warehouses for medical supplies.
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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 Philippines has expanded market access through the government’s diligence to secure free trade agreements with other countries, and the monumental…
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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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Japan helps the Philippines watch the sea. Now a new pact cuts red tape, while destroyer talks hint at a harder alliance taking shape.
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One lesson from our decades-long friendship is clear: peace is the foundation upon which our shared prosperity was built, and from which new opportunities…
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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 country’s largest power generation companies are lining up for Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco) 600-megawatt (MW) supply contract, setting up a bidding…
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If Washington believed Philippine laws or enforcement mechanisms required strengthening, why was there no visible effort to first help an ally address those…
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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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‘Food security, agriculture, the blue economy and renewable energy remain the most immediate areas for investment, while technology and data centers also offer…
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