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Factory output up 31% in April

MANILA -- The country's Factory Output in April 2018 rose 31.1 percent, constituting a huge improvement from its flat growth in April 2017. The Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI) of Philippine...

PH, Sokor sign loan pact for Cebu Port Project

SEOUL, South Korea -- The Philippines and South Korea signed on Monday a USD172.64 million loan agreement for the construction of a new international container port in Cebu that aims to free...

4.6% inflation won’t hinder gov’t projects: Dominguez

MANILA -- Department of Finance Secretary Carlos “Sonny” Domingez III on Tuesday said that the rising inflation rates will not hinder the Duterte administration from implementing projects that will be beneficial to...

Negros agrarian beneficiaries eye expansion of sugarcane production

LA CASTELLANA, Negros Occidental -- Agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in this central Negros municipality are eyeing to expand sugarcane production with some help from the government and the private sector. The Dama Farm...

Unemployment rate down to 5.5% in April

MANILA -- The country's unemployment rate in April 2018 declined to 5.5 percent from 5.7 percent in the same month in 2017, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data showed Tuesday. National Economic and...

May inflation at 4.6%, price pressure seen to ease in next months

MANILA -- Government data released Tuesday showed that headline inflation in May rose to 4.6 percent, slightly higher than April’s rate of 4.5 percent but generally lower than the market’s expectation. In a...
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