
‘Ghost’ Phl shelter in Taipei funded P2.9M?
Maryknoll priest Fr. Joy Tajonera on Sunday pressed the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to investigate how funding for welfare shelters in Taiwan has been…
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Maryknoll priest Fr. Joy Tajonera on Sunday pressed the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to investigate how funding for welfare shelters in Taiwan has been…
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BREST, France (AFP) — The world’s oceans absorbed a record amount of heat in 2025, an international team of scientists said Friday, further priming…
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The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) attributed the increase in the unemployment rate in November 2025 compared to the same month a year…
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The survey covered 799 executives across 81 economies 43 percent of whom said doing business had become more difficult compared with 2024. Nearly four in ten…
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Developing economies face uneven prospects, with many constrained by limited fiscal space, high debt burdens, and exposure to climate-related shocks. While…
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The Marcos Jr. administration must get to the bottom of the ongoing corruption scandal stemming from anomalous flood control projects to revive market…
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Maryknoll missionary priest Fr. Joy Tajonera, who has managed Bahay Ugnayan for about two decades now, said they miss the previous level of support from the…
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The world must now prepare for an America that acts not as a leader of a system, but as a unilateral actor in a zero-sum game.
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The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) projects the Philippines’ real gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 5.7 percent in…
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President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is set to depart for Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, next week for a working visit, Malacañang announced Thursday.
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Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac will personally travel to Abu Dhabi to look into the death of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) on New Year’s Eve.
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The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) on Wednesday clarified that it does not operate or manage overseas shelters, including the Migrant Workers…
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The Philippines’ unemployment rate was recorded at 4.4 percent in November 2025, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday.
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Governance issues create drag, making it harder for the Philippines to hit high growth, attract investments and achieve its broader economic goals, despite its…
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The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) on Wednesday clarified that it does not operate or manage overseas shelters, including the Philippine…
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Recognizing that overseas Filipino workers' (OFWs) remittances are a key driver of economic growth, Senator Jinggoy Estrada filed a measure seeking to slash…
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Paris (AFP) — Iran will offer no leniency to “rioters,” though the public has a right to demonstrate, the head of the country’s judiciary said on Monday,…
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The Philippines has officially missed its annual growth target of 5.5 to 6.5 percent — which had already been revised downward midway through the year — by a…
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