
Palace: Local currency slide driven by Middle East tensions
‘This is not what we want (the government intervening with peso slide against the US dollar). This is truly having an impact, and the weakening of the peso…
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‘This is not what we want (the government intervening with peso slide against the US dollar). This is truly having an impact, and the weakening of the peso…
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The latest National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) has revealed a continuing decline in fertility among Filipino women, with the total fertility rate…
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The peso has slumped to a new record low on Monday, closing at 60.69 against the US dollar, as rising oil imports and escalating geopolitical tensions…
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The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) closed Monday at 5,869.49, down 1.73 percent, as the local market began Holy Week trading on a negative…
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The PSEi on Monday closed at 5,899.18, down 1.98 percent, as the local market plunged amid escalating tensions between the United States and Iran, which…
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The Department of Agriculture–Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources is sustaining fuel subsidies for municipal fisherfolk, seeking to blunt the impact of…
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Thousands of Chinese fishing boats have been massing in geometric formations in the East China Sea, in coordinated actions that experts…
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China’s trade surged nearly 22 percent in the first two months of 2026, official data showed Tuesday, offsetting a sharp drop in shipments to the United States…
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Investors digested the first round of fuel price hikes, as well as a weakening local currency, which has slid from the P57 level in February to about P59.50…
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A five-year-old child died while a motorcycle driver was injured following a self-vehicular traffic incident along the national highway near Badoc Bridge in…
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Philippine stocks resumed their decline on Wednesday, with the Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) closing at 6,307.84, down 2.13 percent or 137.54 points,…
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The Philippine National Police (PNP) reported Tuesday, 3 March 2026, that it conducted an anti-illegal fishing operation in coordination with Bantay Dagat…
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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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The Philippines recorded a mixed start to 2026 in international trade, with exports declining slightly and imports continuing to grow, according to preliminary…
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State parties to the 2012 Cape Town Agreement will start implementing the global treaty on safety standards for fishing vessels next year, the International…
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The flagship Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) closed Tuesday at 6,547.98, rising 0.92 percent, as the local market extended its gains on improved…
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Once a beacon of manufacturing prowess in Southeast Asia, the Philippines is watching its “made in” label vanish from global shelves. Nosy Tarsee noticed that…
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