CV board eyes wage hike decision by mid-September
The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Central Visayas (CV) is expected to decide by the third week of September whether to increase…
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The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Central Visayas (CV) is expected to decide by the third week of September whether to increase…
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The milestone is genuine. But it was built on consumption, remittance, and a bloated services sector, while manufacturing withered.
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You paid P700 to enter a building designed to remind you that you’re above the poverty line, but still below the imported ham.
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The government needs more than P7 billion to keep electricity consumers from shouldering losses tied to power theft, faulty meters and weak collections at…
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Motorists face another round of higher pump prices this week, with regular diesel in Metro Manila potentially reaching nearly P100 per liter as tight global…
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Senate Senior Deputy Majority Leader JV Ejercito filed legislation seeking an across-the-board P10,000 monthly basic salary increase for all public elementary…
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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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Nartatez stressed that protecting power distribution is vital to national security and the economy.
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Inefficient electricity services and high power costs are the biggest disincentives to investment, worsened by highly politicized supply distributors outside…
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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 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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The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has anticipated the energy needs of locators operating factories inside its economic zones and has tapped power…
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Motorists could see diesel prices creep back toward P100 per liter again next week as another round of fuel price increases threatens to squeeze household and…
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They argued that the analogy does not hold because, unlike a retailer absorbing shrinkage, distribution utilities are shielded by law from bearing the cost…
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The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is keeping the green energy charge off electricity bills until the end of the year, suspending collections for four…
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The peso weakened 3 centavos or 0.05 percent to P61.815 per US dollar on Wednesday, briefly touching a new record intraday high of P61.995 as investors reacted…
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