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Innovation in government is needed to recover and build resilience from the twin public health and economic crises, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua Acting Socioeconomic Planning...

Exports from the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB), home to the country’s biggest leather goods manufacturers, declined by 23.69 percent following weak global demand that caused temporary closure of some firms and the retrenchment of at least 18,000 workers. AFAB Administrator...

A petition asking President Duterte to declare all public lands in Mindanao as economic zones is gathering steam to ensure progress and development in the country’s second largest island, but which hosts some of the poorest areas in the country, while the Mindanao-born president is still in...