Inflation cools 6.1% amid costlier rice
Philippine inflation eased slightly to 6.1 percent in August from 6.2 percent in July, but faster rice price increases continued to put pressure on consumers.
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Philippine inflation eased slightly to 6.1 percent in August from 6.2 percent in July, but faster rice price increases continued to put pressure on consumers.
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The peso fell to a fresh record-low close of P62.590 per US dollar on Friday, down 7 centavos, or 0.11 percent, from Thursday’s P62.520, marking its fifth…
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Headline inflation eased for a fourth consecutive month to 6.1 percent in August, falling within the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)’s forecast range as food…
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Philippine stocks rebounded modestly on Thursday, with the Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) rising 0.27 percent, or 16.19 points, to 6,069.42, while the…
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The local bourse shed 40.66 points, reversing part of Tuesday’s 2.31-percent rebound even as the peso slumped to P62.56 from September 1’s P62.40 against the…
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Tension erupted among minority lawmakers at the House Committee on Appropriations on Wednesday over whether the Office of the Vice President (OVP) should be…
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The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) continued to monitor Chinese warships and coast guard vessels in Philippine waters in August, while authorities also…
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Manufacturing activity in the Philippines strengthened sharply in August, with production expanding at its fastest pace in more than nine and a half years as…
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The peso weakened 0.22 percent to a third consecutive record-low close of P62.40 per US dollar on Tuesday, surpassing Friday’s record-low close of P62.265,…
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There was a time when banking was defined by a place: the branch, with its counters, forms and queues.
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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said they are intensifying efforts to transform the country’s coconut industry into high-value product streams,…
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Rain equivalent to 10 days of precipitation battered the City of Manila on Saturday, 29 August triggering widespread street flooding and driving more than…
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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will suspend the Expanded Number Coding Scheme on Monday, 31 August, in observance of National Heroes Day.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue personnel can enjoy a hassle-free taxation job, as the BIR and Ayala Corporation launched ‘Terry’, a Tax AI Assistant designed to…
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The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), the City Government of San Juan and the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) formally launched the city’s first-ever…
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The province led a group of 52 provinces and highly-urbanized cities that grew faster than the country’s 4.4-percent gross domestic product growth last year.…
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TACLOBAN CITY — Northern Samar’s poverty incidence fell sharply in 2025, with nearly 12,000 fewer families classified as poor as more households moved toward…
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Let the darkness of the eclipse do what darkness does: Clear the ground, not destroy it. Then watch, over the following weeks, as the new light reveals what…
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