While the Philippines is poised to sustain robust economic growth despite the threat posed by United States (US) President Donald Trump's tariffs, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is urging the government to fast-track the implementation of big-ticket infrastructure projects to stimulate domestic...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) For House Speaker Martin Romualdez, the falling unemployment rate is proof that the Marcos administration's policies are uplifting Filipinos. Romualdez on Tuesday, April 8, welcomed the...
Jobless Filipinos increased in number to 1.94 million in February 2025 from 1.8 million last year, as the job market struggled to absorb over 40 percent of new job seekers. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the February 2025 figure reflects an increased annual unemployment...
United States (US) President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs on the Philippines could further slow the already subpar economic growth expected this year, according to DBS Bank Ltd. of Singapore. In an April 7 report, DBS Group Research chief economist Taimur Baig and senior economist Radhika Rao...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police said the crime rate in the Cagayan Valley region dropped in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year. Police Brig. Gen. Antonio P. Marallag Jr., Police Regional Office-2 chief, said 1,790 crimes were recorded from...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (PPAB) The key to maintain the current inflation slowdown is to keep an eye on meat prices. Thus, said economist-solon Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda, who reckoned on Friday, April 4 that the...
(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,...
