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The Philippine Statistics Authority’s announcement that the country achieved a 7.6 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022 affirms that, despite high inflation rates, the economy is on track in regaining its pre-Covid pandemic footing. This improves on the 5.7 percent growth in...

While deemed as one of the Philippines’ economic drivers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the agriculture sector is also at risk of having its national budget allocation reduced due to fiscal adjustments post COVID. Ibit Integrated Farm is a five-hectare land in San Fernando, La Union that has been...

The Philippines posted its worst economic performance on record last year after the coronavirus pandemic crippled consumer spending and business activity. Jeepney drivers wearing face masks queue up to receive food packs from a concerned citizen on a road in Manila on August 6, 2020. (AFP / FILE...

Michael Gerard “Mike” Enriquez Sun Life Philippines expects the Philippine economy to undergo a “U-shaped,” a longer type of recovery and a return to trend line growth in the next two years.  Michael Gerard D. Enriquez, Sun Life chief investments officer, said the country’s economy,...