Paranaque PIO file photo Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez, also the chairman of the Metro Manila Council (MMC), said the economy can now slowly recover under Alert Level 2 as the operational capacity of businesses in the National Capital Region increases from 30 to 50 percent. Olivarez said...
Presidential aspirant and Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso unveiled the 10 pillars of his “Bilis Kilos” economic agenda during the inauguration of his new headquarters in Intramuros, Manila on Monday, Jan. 31. PHOTO BY ALI VICOY/ MANILA BULLETIN The 10-point “Bilis Kilos”...
PEACE MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. As of this writing, tensions between Russia and the United States and its NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)allies are rapidly escalating, following reports of a massive Russian military build-up in the Russia-Ukraine border and...
Malacañang has urged financial and media company Bloomberg to look at a country's economic growth when measuring resilience as this was supposedly the best indicator of resilience amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Photo from The Cabinet Secretariat...
The Philippine economy, as measured by the gross domestic product (GDP), grew 5.6 percent in 2021, slightly beating the government’s downgraded target band of 5.0 percent to 5.5 percent, rebounding from a 9.6 percent decline in the previous year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported...
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...
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua said he will focus the remaining months of his term on pushing top three priorities -- help improve the prospects for economic recovery, increase productivity in the country, and respond to climate change In his message during the 2022...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo At one point in its history, the Philippines was the second richest country in Asia. We were only a little behind Japan and way ahead of China. I do not have a recollection of such time as it was long before I was born, but I hope to see in my lifetime the Philippines...
The heist continues in the Korean Peninsula The heist may be over in Spain but a new one is set to unfold in South Korea with the coming of its adaptation of the hit series “ La Casa de Papel (Money Heist).” Dubbed “Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area,” the upcoming series is set to...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) wants to reposition the metrics used by the government in setting policy response to the pandemic, particularly the daily tracker of COVID-19 cases. Socioeconomic Planning Undersecretary Rosemarie G. Edillon said on Tuesday, Jan. 18, that...
Senatorial aspirant and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Sunday urged the national government to set a higher target for job creation through its “Build, Build, Build” program. Escudero pointed out the government’s infrastructure program has received a massive...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said Filipinos need to learn to live with COVID-19 despite the fear of it, but at the same time the country should remain vigilant as the coronavirus’ mutations continue to occur. As current surge accelerates way faster than the previous wave of infections, Finance...
