
4.4% unemployment reflects slower growth
The Philippines’ unemployment rate was recorded at 4.4 percent in November 2025, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday.
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The Philippines’ unemployment rate was recorded at 4.4 percent in November 2025, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday.
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The government’s proposed amendments allowing infrastructure assets into the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) framework, combined with a softer…
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Globe Telecom Inc. is urging stronger investments in secure digital infrastructure and closer cooperation across sectors as cyber threats increase alongside…
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Slowdown in economic growth brought about by the flood control scandal will persist heading into 2026. ‘The developments last year are likely to be faced this…
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Debt service receives the ‘first cut’ of the budget, as it is funded first from available revenues, before allocations to agencies for programs such as…
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Central Luzon’s development roadmap just got a major boost, with the Regional Development Council (RDC) approving a total of 7,498 programs and projects (PAPs)…
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Announced in December 2025 and formalized by definitive agreements signed shortly thereafter, the deal saw GIP acquire a 40 percent stake in Aboitiz…
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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said it will focus on maintaining existing flood control infrastructure in 2026, citing the absence of…
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Batangas 1st District Representative Leandro Leviste “thanked” his colleagues in the House of Representatives who had disputed his claim that the P2 million…
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PALO, Leyte — Recent upgrades to the iconic San Juanico Bridge have failed to fully clear logistics bottlenecks along the Maharlika Highway, as a deteriorating…
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A Finnish border guard patrol vessel and helicopter located the suspected ship.
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) is eyeing a sweeping overhaul of laws and institutions to revive a farm sector weighed down by years of weak growth.
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For us Filipinos who were glued to the TV watching the Korean telenovela, ‘Crash Landing on You,’ many of the scenes were filmed in Interlaken Lake Brienz and…
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In Barangay Cabaroan, in Ilocos Norte, what rises from the river is not a bridge but a row of concrete foundations, an outcome that exposes deep flaws in how a…
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There’s little room for them to insert themselves or receive kickbacks from big-ticket infrastructure projects, so it’s not a priority for legislators.
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Neophyte Congressman Javier Miguel Benitez of Negros Occidental said the ratified P6.7-trillion 2026 national budget was designed with stronger safeguards to…
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Unlike the ferry system, which is frequently suspended during bad weather, a fixed link would ensure the uninterrupted movement of people and goods.
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Economists have widely cited the pullback in public infrastructure spending — largely linked to the flood control controversy involving the Department of…
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