Philippines’ UMIC label: A prosperity mirage?
Before we start celebrating and patting ourselves on the back, what, in fact, is the reality on the ground?
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Before we start celebrating and patting ourselves on the back, what, in fact, is the reality on the ground?
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Nine Filipino seafarers stranded in Lebanon for months due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East have safely returned to the Philippines, the Department…
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had struck US military targets and bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait.
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The government's peace and reintegration efforts in Eastern Visayas gained another boost after nine former members of the Communist Terrorist Group…
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List includes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia…
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Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla called for an en d to conflicts of interest by urging public officials to separate business interests from public office,…
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The Middle East (ME) ceasefire that the world had hoped would hold up — which had primarily reduced fuel import prices on which the Philippines is heavily…
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The Manila city government has reunited 22 rehabilitated children in conflict with the law (CICLs) with their families after they completed counseling,…
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Market sentiment improved after various reports, including from prominent Saudi-owned Al Arabiya, a leading news network in the Middle East, of diplomatic US…
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Punishing bad actors matters, but it does not fix a system that keeps generating the same conflicts.
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If the Philippines truly wants this new economic status to have meaning, the benefits of growth must become more inclusive.
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The recent reclassification is not just a statistical achievement but a pivotal moment that should drive stronger support for local industries.
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A certain occupant of the Palace by the Pasig River couldn’t wait to crow about a shiny new label from Washington: upper middle-income country, they called it,…
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Economic milestones are important because they tell us our country is moving forward, but they should also remind us that our responsibility to care for one…
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The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) has placed four children in conflict with the law (CICL) under protective police custody following a stabbing…
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Manila Water Co. is strengthening its defenses against El Niño and dwindling allocations from Angat Dam by expanding its alternative water sources, with its…
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The World Bank confirmed the Philippines’ upgrade to the upper-middle-income category in its latest country income classification update on Wednesday, after…
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