
PCCI backs four-day workweek, with limits
The country’s largest business group has expressed support for a proposed four-day workweek as a way to help reduce fuel use and ease transport costs for…
Mico Virata · · 2 min read
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The country’s largest business group has expressed support for a proposed four-day workweek as a way to help reduce fuel use and ease transport costs for…
Mico Virata · · 2 min read

The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) is stepping up preparations to shield the Philippine housing sector from economic fallout…
Mico Virata · · 1 min read

The government is not considering borrowing funds from international lending institutions to support its crisis response measures amid rising global tensions…
Lade Jean Kabagani · · 2 min read

‘Every day, some can return home, but there have been delays.’
Eliana Lacap · · 2 min read

Lawmakers received assurances on Wednesday that the government is financially prepared to assist overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and support their…
Alvin Murcia · · 2 min read

The ongoing tension in the Middle East is fueling fear and volatility in the local fuel market. The Philippines, which imports nearly all of its diesel and…
Maria Bernadette Romero · · 3 min read

KHARKIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Russian and Ukrainian drone strikes killed at least four people Wednesday, as the war between the neighbors drags on for more than…
Agence France-Presse · · 1 min read

The silver lining is that countries reliant on specific sectors may diversify their economies to make them more resilient to future shocks.
CYNTHIA D. BALANA · · 2 min read

The ongoing crisis cannot be separated from the coordinated attacks by militant group Hamas that Israel said were backed by Iran.
Chito Lozada · · 3 min read

For heavily import-dependent economies, like the Philippines, the effect is amplified.
DT · · 3 min read

The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on second reading a measure authorizing President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. to temporarily suspend…
Alvin Murcia · · 3 min read

Philippine equities extended their gains on Wednesday, with the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) closing at 6,158.33, up 31.67 points or 0.52 percent.
Toby Magsaysay · · 2 min read

The first batch of nine overseas Filipino workers (OFW) from the conflict-stricken Iran successfully returned from the Philippines amid the relentless shower…
Edjen Oliquino · · 2 min read
‘The ongoing conflict in the Middle East has resulted in the disruption of liquefied natural gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.’
Agence France-Presse · · 1 min read

While the immediate response is a show of ‘performative action,’ the gains are very small.
DT · · 3 min read
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has confirmed that a Filipino seafarer is among those reported missing after a tugboat assisting a distressed vessel…
Neil Alcober · · 1 min read

Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac apologized to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Bahrain after a video circulated online showing a Migrant Workers…
Neil Alcober · · 2 min read

AGIMAT Party-list Rep. Bryan Revilla has called for a whole-of-government response to safeguard Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) as tensions escalate in the…
Alvin Murcia · · 2 min read
