#MINDANAO With a Gross Regional Domestic Product of ₱1.14 trillion in 2025, the Davao Region has successfully weathered recent challenges to emerge as a trillion-peso regional economy for the third straight year. This makes it Mindanao’s largest economy and the fifth largest regional economy in...
#MINDANAO The recent release of the 2025 Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) and GRDP growth rates shows that the growth rates of five out of six Mindanao regions surpassed the country 's 4.4 percent Gross Domestic Product growth rate in 2025. Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority...
#MINDANAO As of this writing a ceasefire remains in effect between both sides of the Iran and US conflict with long negotiations between high level delegations of both sides ending in Islamabad without any clear agreement. In short, no deal made. This was met by strong words from the US President...
#MINDANAO Amid the confusing reports straddling between conflict escalation or reduction in the Middle East, the barebones truth remains that the current impact and the aftermath of this conflict between Iran, the US, and Israel has already brought immense uncertainty amid the impact of increased...
#MINDANAO The coming May elections for local chief executives are going to be an important one. This is because we will choose leaders who will oversee more resources as a result of the Garcia-Mandanas ruling of the Supreme Court in 2018. Based on the primer prepared by the Department of...
#MINDANAO Recent pronouncements from Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong highlighted the need for ASEAN to come together to sustain economic cooperation and integration in ASEAN in light of the challenges posed by the recent liberation...
#MINDANAO The much-anticipated American tariffs have come. We have been hearing about these since November 2024. As of April 2, a 17 percent tariff on all Philippine exports to the United States has been imposed by their government. Higher tariffs have been levied on all our ASEAN neighbors except...
#MINDANAO Having traveled to many cities in Mindanao over the last two weeks, the unprecedented events surrounding former President Rodrigo Duterte and the International Criminal Court as well as the responses to these, reveal that the influence of the former president Rodrigo Duterte in the...
#MINDANAO In his March 3 speech before his country’s parliament, Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan spoke about how the world and the global economy are rapidly changing and how these profound changes are bound to affect Singapore. To help us navigate these realities, he, among other...
#MINDANAO Recent talk about Mindanao’s Human Development Index has opened more discussion on the island's economy and how it has been growing through the years. It has also shown us how many Mindanaoans have, over the last several years, cultivated a greater love for their island and...
#MINDANAO In 2023, the data from the Mines and GeoSciences Bureau indicated that the Philippines exported $7.32 billion worth of minerals and mineral products to the world. This makes roughly seven to eight percent of total Philippine exports. If more of these minerals are processed in the country...
#MINDANAO As urban dwellers now make up more than half of the Philippine populace, the need to make living in cities more affordable and sustainable is paramount. For major urban areas, mass transport systems taking people to and from work on a daily basis are necessary. The recent...
