Consumer price increases slowed further to 1.3 percent in May from 1.4 percent in April, marking the slowest pace in nearly six years, with the poorest households experiencing no increase in overall prices. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the country’s headline inflation...
Amid tight fiscal space for public spending, the government has tripled the number of projects included in the list of priority programs where donors from the private sector can enjoy tax deductions. In a May 22 addendum, the Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEPDev) included 12...
The government is looking to include 4,240 priority programs and projects (PAPs), with an investment requirement totaling about ₱4.71 trillion, in the 2026 national budget proposal to sustain public investments—especially in infrastructure and regional development. According to the Department...
Economic managers vowed to ramp up their efforts and reaffirm their commitment to improved performance, even prompting President Marcos’ chief economic manager to also recalibrate the Department of Finance (DOF). This came after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. decided to retain them, along with...
Following the weaker-than-expected gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the first quarter of 2025, the country’s national socioeconomic planner stated that abandoning the Marcos administration’s ambitious growth goal of six percent to eight percent might be too soon. “It’s too early to...
The Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEPDev) officially launched the Trabaho Para sa Bayan (TPB) Plan 2025-2034 on Monday, May 5, marking the Philippines’ first 10-year labor market development strategy. The landmark plan lays out a comprehensive roadmap for job creation, labor...
In a “macho culture” where the concept of family planning responsibility is usually passed to women, the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) seeks responsible men to be like Drew Arellano. On Tuesday, the popular television host went viral on social media over his decision to undergo...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) The impending institutionalization of the Department of Economic Planning and Development (DEPDev) fulfills a key mandate of the Constitution after nearly four decades. Thus, said Albay 2nd...
DKT Philippines Foundation's SODEX or Service Outreach and Distribution Extension Program Mobile Clinic was launched in Binangonan, Rizal on Wednesday, May 8. SODEX mobile clinic The bus is equipped to perform free bilateral tubal ligation on women and non-scalpel vasectomy on men. Family-planning...
The lack of confidence in raising children due to rising prices of goods and services is compelling Filipino couples to delay or deprioritize childbearing, a recent study conducted by the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) has disclosed. The same study, according to CPD Executive...
Sen. Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito backed initiatives for regional housing development, calling for increased government-private sector collaboration during the 31st National Developers Convention. Photo from the Subdivision and Housing Developers Association, Inc.'s (SHDA). Ejercito, who...
