Economic growth across the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region is expected to decelerate sharply in 2025, falling to 2.6 percent from 3.6 percent last year. Intensifying trade tensions and growing policy uncertainty are eroding business confidence and stifling investment in the region,...
The member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), including the Philippines, have expressed support for a global measure that provides benchmarks to boost the investment and business climate of its members. In a statement, APEC is calling for the integration of the investment...
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) has intensified its push for its own free-trade agreement among its 21 member-economies to complement as well as fill in the gaps of existing FTAs in the region. The 2024 APEC Leaders' Machu Picchu Declaration in Lima, Peru, last Nov. 16 also committed...
President Joe Biden shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a bilateral meeting, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Lima, Peru. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP) LIMA, Peru (AP) — After two days of meetings in Lima that rarely ventured beyond platitudes in discussing the...
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Peru's Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen, wave on the airport tarmac after Xi's arrival to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo) LIMA, Peru (AP) —...
With protectionism on the rise, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) has committed to uphold free trade and multilateralism in the region. During the APEC Ministerial Meeting held in Lima, Peru, on Nov. 14, representatives from the 21 member-economies of the non-binding group pledged to...
Regional growth across the 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) would slow down next year and beyond amid intensified global challenges. Citing its latest APEC Regional Trends Analysis report published this month, the non-binding group whose top leaders are currently...
President Marcos will not attend the 2024 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Peru next week because he wants to prioritize the government’s response to recent calamities, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said on Thursday, Nov. 7. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong'...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has dismissed the P78.956 million payment claimed by Adlib International Sales, Inc. (AISI) from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM)-Procurement Service and the Presidential Security Group (PSG) for the supply and delivery of two mobile X-ray units in 2015....
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook, MANILA BULLETIN) President Marcos deserves kudos for personally taking up the West Philippine Sea (WPS) Issue with Chinese President Xi Jinping...
Many world leaders wanted to talk to President Marcos when he attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in the US, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel "Babe" Romualdez said Tuesday, Nov. 21. Romualdez described Marcos' participation in the gathering of economic leaders as...
ASEAN Business Advisory Council (BAC) Philippines chairperson Joey Concepcion warned about the threats and challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) in the country’s business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, and pushed for upscaling Filipino workers’ skills to keep their jobs. Joey...
