Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose 'Joey' Concepcion III said hastening booster vaccination among Filipinos will not slow business activity but will instead benefit the country in the long term and in many ways. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion (Screenshot from...
State economic managers have lauded Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon for his major contribution in the passage of three key economic reform laws that are seen to hasten the country’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. In a letter signed by Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez, Trade...
Over a thousand small entrepreneurs are expected to get free one-on-one mentoring with experienced business owners and industry leaders and go home with cash prizes to invest in their small businesses. This will happen when Mentor Me On Wheels, Go Negosyo's popular one-on-one mentoring program for...
Malacañang said that 51 percent of adult Filipinos thinking that the country's economy will improve in the next 12 months is a clear indication of the effectiveness of the government's Covid-19 pandemic response efforts, particularly the Alert Levels System. (File photo) Communications Secretary...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Fifty-one percent of Filipinos hope that the Philippine economy will improve, while 7 percent see it worsening in the next 12 months, according to the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results released on Wednesday, April 6. The Fourth Quarter 2021 SWS survey, which...
Despite external risks, the Philippines’ recovery is expected to gain traction this year as pandemic restrictions eased, allowing for more economic activities, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said. In the Asian Development Outlook 2022 report released on Wednesday, April 6, the Manila-based...
The World Bank has slightly downgraded the Philippines' gross domestic product (GDP) outlook for 2022 from 5.8 percent to 5.7 percent, falling further below the Duterte administration's target of seven to nine percent due to external risks. In its East Asia and Pacific Economic Update released...
The government should prioritize improving the Philippines' healthcare system as this is also one of the factors in promoting economic growth, health professionals said. (FILE PHOTO) Prioritizing health has become an important matter amid the Covid-19 pandemic, said Pharmaceutical and Healthcare...
Heightened domestic demand is expected to cushion the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on the economy in the first semester of the year, First Metro Investment Corp. (FMIC) and the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) said in a joint report. FMIC and UA&P said that while Russian...
The government’s chief economic manager vowed to “redouble” their efforts in the final months of the Duterte administration to recover lost opportunities incurred by the economy during the prolonged pandemic. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said that their goal in the final quarter...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has hailed a new executive order adopting a 10-point policy agenda to accelerate the country’s economic recovery and help more Filipinos recoup the losses they sustained amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, March 21,...
A shift from a pandemic to an endemic mindset will help mitigate the impact of external shocks, such as the Russia-Ukraine crisis, as well as minimize the long-term scarring effects of Covid-19, three of the government’s economic managers said. In a joint statement on Thursday, March 24, Finance...