The society will benefit if the economic status of women is uplifted, United States first-ever female Vice President Kamala Harris has said. Talking about women empowerment at a town hall discussion in Pasay City on Monday, Harris pushed for equal opportunity for women in terms of entrepreneurship...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said that meeting the government’s economic growth target this year has become more certain, given the sustained recovery of domestic demand and improved labor market conditions. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the government would meet the 6.5 percent to...
Useful and productive. This was how President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. described the recently concluded 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Meeting in Thailand, saying the future for the organization's members is now clearer. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr....
After financial analytics firm S&P Global maintained the Philippines’ long-term foreign currency-rating at BBB+, House Ways and Means Chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda credited the Marcos administration for successful economic recovery. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda On...
Next year's proposed P5.268-trillion national budget has social safety nets that seek to support economic recovery amid the uncertainties brought mainly by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Friday, November 18. Gatchalian made the statement...
A House leader has highlighted the annual economic losses that the Philippines suffer from natural calamities, even as she called on government and stakeholders to immediately address the issue of climate change. (Unsplash) San Jose Del Monte City lone district Rep. Florida "Rida" Robes said in a...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has assured Malacañang that the Marcos administration’s development plan will be ready for implementation beginning next year. In a briefing with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. last Nov. 15, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M....
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. returned to the country early this week after the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits and Related Summits in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He dubbed the participation of the Philippines — and his first as Chief Executive — as a success,...
The Philippines' neighbors in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are both happy and impressed over the country’s apparent economic turnaround under President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Pyrrhus Cunanan/ Unsplash) This was shared by House Speaker Martin Romualdez during a...
BUTUAN CITY -- Big bulk of coconut, coffee and banana growers and rice and vegetable farmers, including the small businesses in the far-flung villages are now enjoying the completed farm-to-market roads (FMRs) built under the ‘Build Better More’ Program (BBMP), resulting in a boost to the...
The House Committee on Constitutional Amendments chairman is pushing for Charter Change (Chacha) in the current 19th Congress through Constitutional Convention (Con-Con). Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez filed House Joint...
From the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summits in Cambodia, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. proceeds to participate in his first-ever Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand on Nov. 16-19, 2022 with the upbeat theme: Open. Connect....
