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Four Asian economies—India, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Vietnam—are expected to outpace Philippine economic growth this year, as the country’s expansion remains muted amid pressures from overheating inflation, rising unemployment, and slowing remittances. American financial giant Goldman Sachs...

International Finance Corp. (IFC) is preparing what could become its first securitization deal in the Philippines backed by small and medium enterprise (SME) loans, as the World Bank Group’s (WBG) private-sector lending arm ramps up efforts to expand access to financing for underserved businesses...

Local government units (LGUs) are borrowing in larger amounts during the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same three-month period last year, with total financing requirements surging despite a dip in the number of LGUs needing to borrow. The latest Department of Finance-Bureau of Local...

The Philippines is planning to ease existing hurdles to trade with Turkey as it looks to encourage investments in the country’s manufacturing and infrastructure sectors, according to the Board of Investments (BOI). In a statement, the investment promotion agency said BOI managing head Ceferino...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has reiterated its position that the Philippine government may surrender any Filipino who is subject of an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC). It was the same position that the DOJ issued and stood for when former president Rodrigo Duterte was...

Vice President Sara Duterte expressed concern over what she described as a growing lack of respect for the Senate’s independence, while reiterating that arrest warrants issued outside the Philippine judicial system cannot be enforced in the country without authorization from Philippine courts. In...

Filipino workers rank as the second-happiest in the Asia-Pacific, though this upbeat sentiment is increasingly threatened by the rise in employee burnout and anxiety over the impact of artificial intelligence (AI). Based on Jobstreet by SEEK’s Workplace Happiness Index: Philippines 2025, 77...

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