
Construction slump deepens as permits decline – PSA
Total approved building permits declined further in November 2025, with 12,281 permits approved, marking a 16.3 percent year-on-year drop, according to…
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Total approved building permits declined further in November 2025, with 12,281 permits approved, marking a 16.3 percent year-on-year drop, according to…
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The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) ended the trading week lower at 6,464.67, down 0.35 percent on Friday, 16 January.
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The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) ended the trading week lower at 6,464.67, down 0.35 percent on Friday, 16 January.
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The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rebounded Thursday, closing at 6,487.53, up 1.53 percent, as investors returned to the market following recent…
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The first trading day of 2026 was off to a good start 202 was off to a good gaining 82.14 points or 1.4 percent to 6,135.06.
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Despite the market’s gains, analysts noted that the local bourse is coming off a losing year marked by weak trading activity and heavy net foreign selling,…
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The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) closed 2025 at 6,052.92, down 475.87 points from end-2024 — a 7.29 percent year-on-year decline. This marked the…
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Despite a difficult year, the market showed signs of resilience toward yearend, buoyed by renewed bargain hunting. The Philippine Stock Exchange reported a…
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The PSE Index is currently below 6,100 and is likely to end 2025 down by 7 percent compared with last year.
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‘All of the easing moves by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, which started late last year up to now, could only do so much.’
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Sending a greeting card was once the norm in celebrating occasions such as birthdays and holidays. Popular Hallmark and Gibsons cards, often containing rhyming…
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The number of construction projects covered by approved building permits reached 12,705 in October 2025 — a 22.6 percent drop from 16,405 in the same month…
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TOKYO (AFP) — When Takanori Kuzuoka began climbing the criminal career ladder, he didn’t fancy joining Japan’s old-school yakuza, with their tattoos, rigid…
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The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reported a sharp decline in domestic terrorism Wednesday, saying that the number of active militants in the country…
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The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday reported a significant decline in crime in November, attributing the improvement to intensified police…
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‘The political environment is, of course, an important consideration for any investor.’
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Among the poorest 30 percent of households, deflation was at 0.2 percent, following a 0.4 percent drop in October and far below the 2.9 percent inflation…
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WANGAL, La Trinidad, Benguet — The Cordillera Region has seen a decline in student enrollment over the past few years, according to the State of the Region’s…
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