The plenary hall of the House of Representatives (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has terminated the 2025 budget debates for the Department of Finance (DOF), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), and the...
President Marcos has recommended former Presidential Communications Office (PCO) secretary Cheloy Garafil as “member and chairman of the Board of Directors” of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO). President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. and former PCO secretary Cheloy Garafil...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (PPAB) Act Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has advised the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) and Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to create a "group chat" with relevant agencies in order to...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has highlighted a pet measure that, if enacted, would further improve the good fortune of his home province. Villafuerte has filed in the current 19th Congress...
Despite the string of strong typhoons that battered economically-productive parts of the Philippines so far in the third quarter, the country's chief economist still expects to hit the targeted economic expansion for 2024. "We're confident we'll achieve our six- to seven-percent growth target this...
The long-term growth and development of the Philippines would depend on efforts to create a favorable investment environment that encourages economic diversification across multiple sectors, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. During the US-ASEAN Business Council’s...
Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs Frederick Go said he is looking forward to better economic growth numbers for the Philippines as he highlighted his office's priorities for attracting more investments into the country. Special Assistant to the President for...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez said that not only massive fines but also tough jail terms await individuals who will get convicted of economic sabotage by way of involvement in agricultural cartels that...
The Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines (EJAP), in partnership with San Miguel Corp. (SMC), is hosting the first aviation forum. The EJAP-SMC Aviation Forum will be held on Monday, Sept. 9 at the Makati Diamond Residences. The forum precedes the management transfer of...
State-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) will reinforce its initiative for solar rooftop installations at the buildings of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) in Region IV-A areas. The planned deployment of solar photovoltaics (PVs) in the NEDA facilities was cemented...
The World Bank is crafting its lending plan for the Philippines covering the years 2025 to 2028, the period during which the country will likely rise to upper middle-income status and gradually lose access to preferential borrowing rates. The World Bank Group Philippines Country Partnership...
President Marcos has designated a parcel of land in Iloilo City as a special economic zone. Through Proclamation No. 668, a building and the parcels of land where it stands as an Information Technology Center as a special economic zone. It is located on a parcel of land in Mandurriao, Iloilo City....
