Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (PPAB) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is urging the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to strictly implement the Extended Producer Responsibility...
The growth of the country's digital economy slowed down last year despite surpassing the P2 trillion mark, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. The gross value added of the digital economy amounted to P2.05 trillion from January to December 2023, a 7.7 percent increase compared to...
Achieving a circular economy starts with us. It can be as small as reusing bottles or as progressive as setting up a business for processing different waste into resource; needless to say, the time to act is now. In a startling projection for 2025, the National Solid Waste Management Commission...
Foreign investors should consider doing business in the Philippines as the government has been taking a proactive approach to improving the economy despite external risks, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. During the Philippine Investors Dialogue in Washington D.C., NEDA...
The Philippines, Japan, and the US announced the launch of the Luzon Economic Corridor, the first Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment corridor in the Indo-Pacific, which aims to accelerate coordinated investments in high-impact infrastructure projects in Subic Bay. Photos: PCO,...
While amending the economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution will attract more foreign investments, its impact on the country’s economy won’t be felt immediately, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said on Thursday, April 4. NEDA Secretary Arsenio...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Majority Leader and Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin says the investment environment in the Philippines needs to improve further in order to compete...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the country's creative industries registered sustained growth last year, although their contribution to the domestic economy decreased. In 2023, the creative economy posted a seven percent increase from January to December, hitting P1.72...
Tech giant Google Philippines lauded the robust and “amazing growth” of the Philippine economy under the present Marcos administration, saying the government's data reflect Google's digital economy reports. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Google Philippines Country...
Achieving an eight percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the Philippines is doable, President Marcos said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Ali Vicoy) Marcos said it could be attained, stressing that the Philippine government "always plans for the ideal." "Sure. Why not?" Marcos...
Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto believes that the economic growth forecast provided by multilateral organizations is the more realistic target range for the Philippines compared to the current government assumption. During the Philippine Business Forum in Melbourne, Australia on Monday, March 4,...
(Photo from Pixabay) Forty-four percent of adult Filipinos expect the Philippine economy to “stay the same” in the next 12 months, based on the December 2023 Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. The survey results, which were released on Wednesday, Feb. 28, also revealed that 40 percent of...
