To support top-performing Senior High School (SHS) graduates from low- to middle-income families who plan to pursue priority courses in college, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Monday, September 15, formally launched the Bagong Pilipinas Merit Scholarship Program. “This is an...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) gathered national government agencies, academic leaders, and private partners at the historic Manila Hotel on Monday, September 15, for the “Converge to ACHIEVE: The Higher Education Summit.” The event, which marked the first 100 days in office of CHED...
The Philippines’ current account deficit widened to $9.18 billion in the first half of 2025, a 13.6 percent increase from $8.08 billion in the same period a year earlier. According to the latest data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the deficit was driven by imports outpacing exports...
President Marcos graced the tournament opener of the 2025 FIVB Men’s Volleyball World Championship on Friday, Sept. 12. Marcos was among the hundreds of Filipinos witnessing the Philippine national team, Alas Pilipinas, battle with Tunisia during the game opener. In gracing the tournament, the...
The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) firmly believed the Gilas Pilipinas program is on track to reap the fruits of its labor and in the near future make it back to the Olympics. Despite the obvious challenges hindering the goal, the SBP is determined to send a Philippine team in the...
Net inflows of brick-and-mortar foreign direct investments (FDI) into the Philippines only increased to $376 million, marking its lowest hike in six months since the $356 million in December last year. Net FDI inflows declined by 17.8 percent from $457 million in June last year, according to the...
Uncertainty over price movements could delay the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) next 25-basis-point (bps) policy rate cut to December, according to American banking giant Citi. “Barring a significant growth shock, the immediate uncertainty on inflation could push the [monetary policy...
Gilas Pilipinas is trying to form a "balanced" team as it defends its men 's 5-on-5 basketball crown in December 's 33rd Southeast Asian Games in Thailand. Three months before the official start of the biennial meet, the Nationals look forward to another top finish with nothing in mind...
Higher gold prices globally, coupled with the central bank’s investment income, helped the Philippines’ gross international reserves (GIR)—its stock of United States (US) dollars and other foreign currencies—recover last month from its modest decline in July. Preliminary data from the...
Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) expects lower interest rates to lift Philippine economic growth in the near term, despite lingering global challenges that would likely expand the domestic economy below the government’s goal for the year. In its Quarterly Global Outlook report for the...
Philippine banks are shoring up their loan-loss buffers as the industry’s bad loan ratio climbed to an eight-month high of 3.4 percent, due to the lingering impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and global uncertainties affecting borrowers’ ability to repay debts. According to the latest data from...
Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri has said that as part of the curbing the country 's online gambling problem, the government must also place tighter regulations on predatory Online Lending Applications (OLAs). Zubiri said this during the Development Budget Coordination Committee briefing on...
