
Occidental Mindoro tops fastest-growing economies
The province led a group of 52 provinces and highly-urbanized cities that grew faster than the country’s 4.4-percent gross domestic product growth last year.…
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The province led a group of 52 provinces and highly-urbanized cities that grew faster than the country’s 4.4-percent gross domestic product growth last year.…
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The Philippines called for openness, flexibility and collective responsibility among ASEAN member states and their partners as senior defense officials met…
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Labor and Employment Secretary Francis N. Tolentino led the Philippine delegation in a bilateral meeting with International Labour Organization (ILO) director…
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The Philippines and the United Kingdom (UK) have begun formal negotiations for a proposed Status of Visiting Forces Agreement, the Department of National…
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MANILA, Philippines — The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) has sharply revised its 2026 gross domestic product (GDP) and inflation forecasts amid…
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Japan remains the Philippines’ largest source of official development assistance (ODA), with its financing accounting for $13.81 billion or 35.26 percent of…
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Mindanao is being positioned as a key driver of the Philippines’ next phase of economic growth, with the government urging businesses to invest in…
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The new sanctions come as Iran’s oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz have fallen sharply.
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The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has reached more than 72 percent of its P300-billion investment target for 2026 after approving P216.46 billion…
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The Philippine economy may continue to suffer in the medium term if the Middle East conflict and the flood control scandal remain unresolved, according to the…
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Ambassador ENDO Kazuya on 20 August 2026 paid a farewell call on Department of Information and Communications Technology Secretary Henry Rhoel Aguda.
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‘Governance affects the risk premium, the cost of capital, even the project timelines and ultimately, the willingness of investors to commit long-term capital.’
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the men around him are obviously guided by the next elections, two years away.
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Philippine inflationAnother interest rate hike by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) may address immediate inflationary concerns, but broader economic…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and its regional counterparts have agreed to strengthen cooperation on financial stability, consumer protection and the…
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The Philippines is pushing for deeper regional cooperation in space science and technology as it works toward the adoption of an ASEAN declaration on space…
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Businesses do not manufacture consumer confidence. Only income growth, price stability, and a functioning peso do that, and none of the three made a mark on…
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‘Iran should escalate earlier and more forcefully rather than wait for the U.S. or Israel to define the terms of the conflict.’
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