(MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has called the slower inflation posted in March as a "welcome development", especially with food prices continuing to drop. “This is a welcome development. As I have been saying, this shows...
Annual consumer price increases slowed further to 1.8 percent in March 2025, down from 2.1 percent in February, as food price hikes eased mainly due to lower rice prices, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. March inflation was the slowest in nearly five years, or since May 2020—at...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has slammed the spread of what he described as "staged crime content on social media" even as the Philippine National Police (PNP) has been reporting a...
(Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) Senatorial candidate Panfilo "Ping" Lacson has told the Philippines National Police (PNP)--which he led from 1999 to 2001-- to keep up its efficiency that led to the lowering of the crime rate this year. "What...
Malacañang said it would review the government's data on hunger rates following a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey that showed an increase in Filipinos experiencing hunger. File photo Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said this after the SWS survey showed that 27.2 percent of...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Raul Angelo "Jil" Bongalon (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) House Assistant Majority Leader Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Jil Bongalon is calling for stronger media literacy among Filipinos, especially among the youth,...
Photo from Pixabay The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said it is continuously intensifying its efforts to combat hunger through the Walang Gutom Program (WGP), following the release of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, which showed a significant rise in hunger...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) recorded a 27.76 percent decrease in crime rate nationwide since January 1 this year but its chief, Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, is not happy. Well, not exactly because he wants a higher crime reduction rate but because the efforts of his men on the...
ILOILO CITY — The Philippine Statistics Authority reported a 96.7 percent employment rate for women in Western Visayas region in 2023. VENDORS at the public market in San Miguel town, Iloilo province are mostly women. (Tara Yap) “In terms of magnitude, the number of employed...
Economists at Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) believe that the plan of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s supporters, especially overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs), to protest his detention by the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague through a “zero-remittance week” could do...
US President Donald J. Trump's protectionist policies remain the top risk to Philippine economic prospects this year, according to the think tank Capital Economics. "A key uncertainty over the coming year is whether and to what extent Donald Trump follows through with his threats to impose tariffs...
Could this be a case of “better to laugh with the sinners than weep with the saints?” Too bad for consumers—no laughter here, only swelling bills and bitter tears! Back in November 2022, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) slammed the door on the ₱5.2-billion rate hike plea of SMC Global...
