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El Niño contributed to making 2023 the second-hottest year on record and 2024 the all-time high.
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El Niño contributed to making 2023 the second-hottest year on record and 2024 the all-time high.
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Inflation may spike to as high as 4.0 percent in the coming months due to rising oil prices stemming from the Iranian conflict in the Middle East, according to…
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It noted, however, that lower prices of vegetables, fruits and meat, as well as peso appreciation, could partly offset these pressures.
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The global smartphone market is projected to suffer its sharpest decline on record in 2026 as shortages of memory chips and rising component costs force…
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More than 160 teachers, soldiers and police officers from across generations gathered in Pasay City to mark four decades of the Metrobank Foundation…
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Economists, government agencies, and the central bank attributed the shortfall largely to the fallout from the ongoing flood control infrastructure scandal.
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Debt service for interest and principal is automatically appropriated, meaning it doesn’t require annual congressional approval and takes priority.
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A combination of geopolitical tensions, supply expectations, inventory movements and market sentiment shaped global oil prices.
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Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) recorded a record high net income of P49.7 billion in 2025, which the bank attributed to steady asset expansion,…
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Cash remittances from overseas Filipinos (OFs) reached a record high of $35.63 billion in 2025, equivalent to about P2.07 trillion at current exchange rates,…
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“Very good.”
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Anomalous flood control project disbursements shaved about 0.3 percentage points off gross domestic product (GDP) growth, according to Bangko Sentral ng…
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‘The country cannot remain overly reliant on a narrow set of growth drivers such as consumption and government spending. Even if public expenditure normalizes…
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The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) opened the week lower, closing Monday at 6,297.08, down 0.50 percent, as concerns over the economy’s momentum…
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The central bank’s reassessment came after the Philippine Statistics Authority reported that full-year GDP growth for 2025 settled at 4.4 percent,…
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She cited instances in which payments for most infrastructure contracts, not just flood control, were frozen.
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‘The monthly uptick was mainly driven by higher fish and rice prices, alongside elevated global oil prices and LPG rate hikes.’
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The utterly deflating 4.4 percent growth for the entire 2025 was blamed on the massive slash in public infrastructure spending, as many big-ticket projects…
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