Investors in equities are turning their focus to upcoming inflation data as catalyst for potential interest rate cuts, seeking signs that price pressures have cooled enough for the central bank to pivot toward easing. The release of February’s consumer price index will be weighed alongside recent...
China has protested the Philippines ' recent move to deploy coast guard vessels and aircraft near Bajo de Masinloc to secure Filipino fishers in the Philippine waters. Ji Lingpeng, spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Manila, said Saturday, Jan. 31, that they lodged solemn representations...
The Philippines is rolling the dice on a sweeping visa waiver for Chinese nationals, a move designed to revive its gaming and tourism ecosystem, which has remained stuck in a post-pandemic slump. While the policy shift triggered an immediate, optimistic spike in local equities, the path to a...
A new ten-year national education roadmap has been formally presented to President Marcos, outlining an ambitious strategy to address the Philippines’ deepening learning crisis. In a statement issued Friday, January 30, the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II) said it formally...
A group of education workers on Friday, January 30, blamed corruption and patronage politics for the country’s worsening classroom shortage. In a statement, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) warned that the backlog—now at 166,000 classrooms and projected to reach 230,000 by...
The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) on Friday, Jan. 30, bounced and recovered most of the previous day’s losses as the lower economic growth rate may lead to another policy rate cut. The main index jumped by 105.61 points, or 1.7 percent, to close at 6,328.97. Banks surged, while miners...
A historic P1.3-trillion education budget is driving sweeping reforms across the Department of Education (DepEd) this year—empowering programs from expanded school feeding and classroom support to accelerated teacher promotions and higher pay under the administration’s push to strengthen basic...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC), in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and local partners, on Friday, January 30, launched a simultaneous nationwide relief distribution to assist...
Local stocks climbed for the second consecutive session as a strengthening peso and a narrowing trade gap bolstered investor confidence ahead of key economic growth data. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) advanced 48.88 points, or 0.78 percent, to finish at 6,355.78 on Wednesday, Jan. 28....
The number of Chinese vessels operating in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) increased slightly last week as verbal spat between Filipino and Chinese officials continued, spilling tensions in the contested waters into the diplomatic arena. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said that 55 Chinese...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri lauded the Senate’s third reading approval of Senate Bill No. 1513, or the Comprehensive Lupus Prevention Act. Zubiri said that the landmark measure seeks to create a national program for the prevention, monitoring, and treatment of Systemic...
Top diplomats from all Southeast Asian countries will sit down for talks over the South China Sea issue, the political developments in Myanmar, and the Thailand-Cambodia conflict, among other concerns, on Thursday, Jan. 29, as the Philippines is hosting this year 's annual meet for the...
