Milestone built on sand
The milestone is genuine. But it was built on consumption, remittance, and a bloated services sector, while manufacturing withered.
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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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CAGAYAN VALLEY — Police arrested 147 individuals and seized more than 12,000 board feet of illegally sourced timber worth P812,825 in a weeklong crackdown on…
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A 31-year-old woman and her two children, aged nine and four, were found dead inside a silver multipurpose vehicle in a vacant lot in Barangay Talacsan, San…
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Police arrested a 34-year-old burglary suspect Thursday after officers tracked his location using the active GPS feature on a stolen iPad.
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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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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) conducted a briefing on the country’s foreign exchange (FX) regulations on 6 July 2026 as part of efforts to promote…
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The crime of illegal gun possession is getting harder to enforce with today’s technology that can instantly produce a weapon at home.
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The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) fell 35.50 points, or 0.56 percent, to 6,261.80, while the peso weakened 4.5 centavos to P61.495 per US dollar on…
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The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) recorded a 59.24 percent decline in the eight focus crimes from 10 to 16 August 2026, with 64…
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Five areas in Mindanao recorded danger-level heat indices, four of which hit 43 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and…
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The Philippine Stock Exchange Inc. (PSE) reported a 19.8 percent increase in first-half net income to P608.38 million from P508.03 million a year earlier,…
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DAVAO CITY — Employees of a steel manufacturing facility raided by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission…
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