The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) expects the Philippine economy will grow at a much slower pace this year after the highly transmissible Omicron variant rattled the services sector’s recovery. In its ASEAN+3 Regional Economic Outlook released on Tuesday, Jan. 25, the regional...
Baguio City, tagged as the "Summer Capital of the Philippines," and Ilagan City in Isabela have been recognized as among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) Clean Tourist Cities in this year's ASEAN Tourism Standards Awards. Baguio City and Ilagan City (Photos from Unsplash and...
BDO Unibank, Inc. has kicked off of its public offering of P5 billion worth of Peso-denominated Fixed-Rate ASEAN Sustainability Bonds as the third issuance under its P365 billion Bond Programme. In a statement, the bank said “The net proceeds of the issue are intended to diversify the Bank’s...
Pinoy students encouraged to apply in the 2023 postgraduate scholarship in Japan As it looks to help the country produce more scientists, Ajinomoto Philippines Corporation is opening its application for its 2023 postgraduate scholarship in Japan to deserving Filipino students who need financial...
PH wins Best ASEAN Short Film Award at 7th Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival The Philippine Embassy in Bangkok is pleased to announce that the Philippine entry entitled How to Die Young in Manila was given the Best ASEAN Short Film Award by the jury of the ASEAN Short Film Competition held during the 7th...
The Philippine Paralympic team The Philippine Paralympic Committee (PPC) plans its athletes to resume training next month in anticipation for the 11th ASEAN Para Games. This development came after Indonesia proposed to take over the hosting duties after Vietnam withdrew due to pandemic concerns,...
The Philippines, through the Department of Education (DepEd), will be hosting the ASEAN School Games next year. (Photo from DepEd) DepEd said that the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Dumaguete City has also agreed to push through with the staging of the ASEAN Schools Games in November 2022. “We...
The Philippines is committed to continue optimizing the use of research and development (R&D) investments and ensuring that R&D outputs will benefit the concerned stakeholders and the public. DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña (PCOO/MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DOST Secretary...
The Philippines will participate in the upcoming Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)-G7 Foreign and Development Ministers' Meeting in Liverpool, United Kingdom to discuss regional and global issues, including the vaccine equity and global health security agendas. (Photo courtesy of the...
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar put emphasis on the need for a united Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to boost food security in the region during the Global Business Forum–ASEAN online meeting last Thursday, Dec. 9. Department of Agriculture Secretary William...
And the promising projections keep coming for the Philippines. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Screenshot from Facebook live) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles reported on Tuesday, Dec. 7 that New York-based think tank Global Source Partners has pegged the...
President Duterte expressed confidence that the Philippine economy can bounce back next year owing to the glowing outlook that global investment banking firm Goldman Sachs has for the country. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte said that according to Sachs, the Philippines "is...