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The unprecedented government borrowings to offset the impact of the pandemic-induced recession have driven public debt to nearly P11 trillion in April this year. Based on the Bureau of the Treasury report on Thursday, June 3, the national government’s debt burden zoomed 28 percent to P10.991...

An estimated 1.6 million job opportunities will be created with household income substantially increased if the economic restrictions in the 1987 Constitution are relaxed, a University of the Philippines (UP) researcher said Sunday, May 30. DILG Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya (File photo courtesy of...

The top Google-searched games that are kid-appropriate—or not Google recently released its list of top trending searches in the Philippines. The list acts as a chronicle of the newsworthy things that took place during this very interesting year.  As most Filipinos spent more time at home...

The Philippine economy contracted for three straight quarters as consumer spending and business activity remained depressed owing to stringent quarantines imposed on key economic hubs to contain the spread of the coronavirus infections.  Shoppers wearing protective masks shop for vegetables in...