
Caught flat-footed
Jobs creation in 2025 was a meager 172,000, far below the long-term average of around 700,000 and the target of employing one million Filipinos annually.
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Jobs creation in 2025 was a meager 172,000, far below the long-term average of around 700,000 and the target of employing one million Filipinos annually.
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Tawi-Tawi and several other Mindanao provinces recorded the highest rates of struggling readers at the start of the 2025–2026 school year, according to a…
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MANAMA, Bahrain (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump called for other nations’ warships to help protect world oil supplies passing through the Strait…
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More than 400 Filipinos from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) arrived Saturday afternoon at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 aboard a…
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Government officials seeking effective ways to blunt the backlash of the Middle East war on domestic prices said the declaration of a state of national…
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There is strong reason to believe that government policy remains business as usual. The wealthy and large corporations are shielded, including the oil firms.
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We have no control over the drones and missiles or the diplomacy, but we can control our country’s readiness.
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With almost three million Filipinos unemployed, according to the latest figures, the hardship on households will worsen.
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The Philippines is considering sourcing oil imports from Russia amid the ongoing oil crisis caused by the Israeli-United States war on Iran, exacerbated by the…
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Exporters are urging the government to reduce the value-added tax on fuel and electricity as rising global oil prices linked to tensions in the Middle East…
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Iran leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said the Strait of Hormuz must remain effectively shut.
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Moscow said on Friday that the global energy market “cannot remain stable” without its oil, piling pressure on Washington to…
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With negotiations underway for a potential Canada-Philippines Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and global supply chains facing rising geopolitical risks, Philippine…
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The Philippines has secured $800 million (¥123.09 billion) in policy financing from the World Bank (WB) to support reforms aimed at strengthening fiscal…
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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is pushing its “most ambitious undertaking,” the Digital Economic Framework Agreement (DEFA), to develop a…
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Regardless of how long the war will last, its effects on Asia are already profound and will likely worsen with further escalation.
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Muntinlupa residents are up in arms over Maynilad’s inaction despite their repeated appeals to improve the water service, particularly as summer approaches.
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Ipinatupad ng Presidential Communications Office (PCO) ang pansamantalang hybrid work arrangement kung saan apat na araw sa isang linggo na lamang kailangang…
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