The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has committed to push through and boost its efforts to further strengthen the country’s workforce to advance economic recovery. Bloomberg photo In a statement, TESDA Director General Danilo P. Cruz shared that TESDA is currently...
A Filipino economist has expressed belief that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s attendance to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland may help the Philippines advance its economic interest as well as strengthen its international ties. During the state-run Laging Handa...
About 46 percent of adult Filipinos think the Philippine economy will improve over the next six months based on the survey released by OCTA Research on Wednesday, Dec. 21. ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN The “Tugon ng Masa” (TNM) National Survey, an independent and non-commissioned poll conducted...
Majority of Filipinos believe that the Philippine economy is the most important issue that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. should focus on. A poll conducted by PUBLiCUS Asia Inc. covering a total of 1,500 female and male Filipino respondents showed that at least 25 percent of...
Better 2023 for Filipinos? A survey conducted by PUBLiCUS Asia Inc. showed that at least 68 percent of Filipinos remain optimistic that the Philippines is going in the “right direction” under the current administration’s governance. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) Through its 2022 Pahayag End of...
The country’s micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will be at the core of Go Negosyo’s activities to celebrate its 17th anniversary on Saturday, Dec. 3. Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion (Photo from Go Negosyo via Facebook) Go Negosyo founder Joey...
After the two-year ordeal brought about by the pandemic, Filipinos are once again traveling as seen in airports that are full of passengers, roads that are full of vehicles, and restaurants that are full of customers. Last week, hotels and resorts enjoyed high occupancy rates, something they...
The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) has raised this year’s economic growth outlook for the Philippines to 6.5 percent from 6.2 percent on the back of robust government expenditures and recovering private sector spending. During a virtual briefing on Tuesday, April 12, Hoe Ee Khor,...
Mobile application Remote Online Surveillance for Banana (ROSANNA), a project funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) allows for a more seamless means to monitor a banana plantation with its mobile agricultural disease surveillance system capable of gathering and disseminating...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion urged the government to strengthen the Philippine economy so the country can weather the effects of the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion (Photo from Go Negosyo Facebook...
The country’s economy grew at a much slower pace in the third-quarter last year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced on Wednesday, Jan. 26. In a statement, the PSA said the economy, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), grew by 6.9 percent from July to September 2021,...
The lowering of Metro Manila’s alert level status would provide a solid, positive impact on the government’s efforts to perk up the local economy, the Department of Finance (DOF) said Thursday, Oct. 14. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said that downgrading the National Capital Region...
