DOLE urged to aid 900 workers displaced by steel plant closures
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) was urged Thursday to assist around 900 workers displaced by the closure of three steel factories following…
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The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) was urged Thursday to assist around 900 workers displaced by the closure of three steel factories following…
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The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has allocated livelihood and emergency employment assistance for workers affected by recent weather disturbances…
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The peso weakened 0.22 percent to a third consecutive record-low close of P62.40 per US dollar on Tuesday, surpassing Friday’s record-low close of P62.265,…
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‘As of the end of the second quarter of this year, we are only at a shortfall of about 7 percent year on year in terms of public spending.’
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TACLOBAN CITY — Northern Samar’s poverty incidence fell sharply in 2025, with nearly 12,000 fewer families classified as poor as more households moved toward…
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Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Police General Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. marked his first year leading the national police force, highlighting drops in…
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The Philippine peso shed 23.8 centavos to a record-low P61.888 per US dollar on Thursday, marking the thirteenth time the local currency has slumped to a…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has continued its tightening bias, hiking its key policy rate by another 25 basis points amid persistent upside risks to…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has continued its tightening bias, hiking its key policy rate by another 25 basis points amid persistent upside risks to…
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The benchmark index fell 0.86 percent to 6,137.23 on Wednesday, while the peso strengthened by around 8 centavos to P61.65 per US dollar as investors remained…
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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 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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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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Immigration officers intercepted 14 suspected human trafficking victims and two recruiters at Manila and Clark airports after discovering that the group was…
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