Senators press DBM, DHSUD over delayed releases for housing, disaster assistance
SENATORS reprimanded Budget and Housing officials over administrative bottlenecks between fund allotments and cash releases that have stalled…
Ekonomiya, presyo at merkado
SENATORS reprimanded Budget and Housing officials over administrative bottlenecks between fund allotments and cash releases that have stalled…
THE National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) launched its Youth Training on Good Governance Monitoring program in…
THE Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said farmers are pushing to keep only drinks sweetened with domestically produced sugar…
THE PHILIPPINES fell two places to 52nd out of 139 economies in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO)…
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. designated a little less than 1.5 hectares of land for inclusion in the…
ABOITIZ INFRACAPITAL, INC. (AIC), the infrastructure arm of the Aboitiz group, said a major Japanese company is planning…
RETAIL PRICE GROWTH of general goods in Metro Manila was the weakest in two months in August following…
By Moureen Ylessandra B. Dizon WORK will resume soon on four National Food Authority (NFA) facilities in Nueva…
THE National Government’s (NG) outstanding debt rose to P19.607 trillion at the end of August, on gains in…
THE Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) reinstated its 30-day filing timeline for merger and acquisition transactions, effective Oct. 3.…
For years, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has steadily laid the groundwork for the country’s transition to…
KUALA LUMPUR — The Department of Finance’s (DoF) proposal to rationalize excise taxes on electronic cigarettes could help…
THE GOVERNMENT has institutionalized a unified digital platform to consolidate and publish public spending statistics, which is designed…
Taiwan-based technology company Synology Inc. said it will focus next year on releasing more enterprise-grade data storage solutions…
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) expects headline inflation to accelerate to 6.4 percent 7.4 percent in September, driven mainly by higher food and fuel prices and the peso’s depreciation. In its month-ahead inflation forecast, the central bank said upward price pressures were likely to come…
TOURISM ministers in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are looking to strengthen intra-regional travel and promote emerging destinations as geopolitical tensions and energy market volatility threaten to raise aviation and transportation costs and weigh on long-haul tourism demand. In a…
FILIPINO workers may have greater access to lower-cost short-term credit as the Social Security System (SSS) and Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) expand microloan programs aimed at helping members cover urgent expenses without resorting to informal lenders. The SSS LoanLite and GSIS…
THE United Arab Emirates (UAE) beauty market presents a massive, multi-million dollar opportunity for Philippine exporters, driven by a unique consumer base that thrives on both mass and premium beauty. Mohammed Al Zoubi, general manager of Prism International Group, said the path to success…
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is working with a delivery platform to help micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) expand their access to online markets, as digital commerce becomes an increasingly important channel for small-business growth. The partnership is aimed at giving MSMEs…
MILWAUKEE — US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer said on Tuesday that the Trump administration will take into…
BEIJING/SINGAPORE — China’s soybean buying is likely to decline in the months ahead due to weak animal feed…
LONDON — Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Wednesday Britain should consider options for its future relationship with…
Experts called on companies in the country to rethink preparing workers to cope with the rising artificial intelligence (AI) adoption and overseas migration.
The Department of Science and Technology (DoST) and Capiz State University (CapSU) inaugurated two facilities on Tuesday that…
More than 56K volunteers in 32 SM Malls collect over 228K kg of waste from waterways Every year,…
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines on Wednesday urged the government to investigate school infrastructure projects in…
DEATH row inmate Christa Pike, convicted of murdering a schoolmate three decades ago, is due to be executed…