Japan is ready to help the Philippines achieve an upper-middle-income status, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru said on Tuesday, April 29, through a range of cooperations that will cover telecommunications, energy, and infrastructure, among others. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and...
The Philippines and the Like-Minded Group for Middle-Income Countries (LMG-MICs), has adopted on Tuesday, April 29, the Makati Declaration on Middle-Income Countries, which will serve as a roadmap for member-states to address present challenges to their continuous growth, lack of access to funding...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo on Monday, April 28, underscored the need for middle-income countries (MICs) like the Philippines to adhere to the international rules-based order to fulfill its potential of becoming “pacemakers” of the global economy and...
The Philippines and other countries with middle-income status are poised to take on a “bigger role” in shaping discussions on the path toward 21st-century development and “new generation partnerships,” Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo said on Thursday, April 24....
While members of the Cabinet snubbed the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations’ second public hearing on the controversial arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte, reelectionist Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa marked his first appearance in the Upper Chamber since the former chief...
There will be another round of significant financial reprieve on the pockets of consumers next week as hefty price rollback will continue its streak at the gasoline stations next week, based on the calculation of the oil companies. As reckoned on the three-day outcome of trading in the regional...
A significant weight will be lifted off from consumers’ pockets this week, as the price of gasoline products will be on hefty reduction of P1.55 per liter; while diesel prices will also go down by P1.30 per liter. Kerosene, which is another commodity that is not just essential to household...
Consumers will catch bigger financial break in their drive to the gas stations next week, as price rollbacks have gone heftier at end-week trading on Friday (September 6), prompting estimated price cuts for gasoline at the scale of P1.45 to P1.85 per liter. Diesel prices are also anticipated to...
Motorists are in for a new round of financial relief next week as the oil companies have estimated significant rollback in oil prices that will be reflected at the domestic pumps next week. Based on the initial calculation of the industry players, the price of gasoline products will be down by...
Wildly gyrating oil prices will find their way back to increases at the pumps next week, based on the preliminary estimates of the oil companies. As crunched by the industry players, the price of gasoline products will likely rise by P0.45 to P0.85 per liter; while diesel prices will incur moderate...
Consumers will feel anew the painful pinch of higher prices at the pumps this week as gasoline prices will rise by P1.00 per liter; and diesel prices will also climb by P1.20 per liter. Additionally, the price of kerosene products - that has direct effect on aviation fuel as well as other major...
The pressure on oil price hikes next week skidded slightly, as the increase for some commodities had gone lower than P1.00 per liter if reckoned on the outcome of four-day trading in the regional market. Based on the new calculation of the oil companies, the anticipated rise for gasoline products...
