The lack of confidence in raising children due to rising prices of goods and services is compelling Filipino couples to delay or deprioritize childbearing, a recent study conducted by the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) has disclosed. The same study, according to CPD Executive...
Accor Vice President for Development Chris Cho, C9 Hotelworks Managing Director Bill Barnett, Tytans Properties Development Chairman Gerard Tan, Tytans Properties Development Board Member Congresswoman Daphne A. Lagon, Tytans Properties Development President Congressman Sonny Lagon, Accor Chief...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Saturday, April 6, extended the seed capital fund to 25 livelihood associations in Agusan del Norte. (Photo from DSWD) DSWD, in a statement, handed over the P7.6 million to be utilized as start-up capitalization of the local entrepreneurs...
National Security Adviser and NTF-ELCAC co-vice chairperson Eduardo Año (File photo) President Marcos has committed to allot additional fund for the Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP), a socio-economic intervention project for communities freed from the influence of communist...
State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is actively engaging several state corporations based in Central Luzon in a bid to expand its services to priority clientele especially those outside of its traditional market and city centers, a top official said. DBP President and Chief...
The Philippine Stock Exchange's bellweather fell by more than 200 points on Friday, April 5, from Monday’s level after a four-day losing streak, as investors were spooked by the rising inflation rate and the prospect of a delay in the reduction of interest rates. The main index dropped 81.6...
About P50 billion was allotted for the government pension of four million indigent senior citizens throughout the country. The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released a total of P49.807 billion to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to cover the senior citizens’...
President Marcos has allowed some 846 eligible barangays to access the Local Government Support Fund-Financial Assistance to Local Government Units (LGSF-FALGU) for higher budget provision to support the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict’s (NTF-ELCAC) Barangay Development...
The local stock market continued to decline due to growing uncertainties in both the global and domestic fronts. The PSEi dropped 36.76 points or 0.54 percent to close at 6,827.06 led by the retreat of the Services sector although Miners and Banks advanced. Volume was weak at 510 million shares...
The government’s revenue collections will be impacted by the downward revision of the gross domestic product (GDP) but should be offset by improvement in their tax administration, according to National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan. During a Malacañang...
The Marcos administration has raised its budget deficit ceilings for the next five years to provide the necessary financial leeway to support the government's projects and programs. Based on the latest revenue and spending outlook from the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC), the...
In response to global trade disruptions and geopolitical tensions, the Marcos administration has adjusted its economic growth targets, the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) announced. The DBCC, an inter-agency body responsible for setting the country's macroeconomic assumptions, has...
