Economy

EU ministers weigh response to latest Trump tariff threat

By Agence France-Presse EU ministers on Monday will debate the bloc's approach to trade talks with the United States, as Brussels scrambles to head off 30-percent tariffs threatened by U.S. President Donald...

DEPDev records highest labor force participation rate since 2005

By Dean Aubrey Caratiquet The country’s labor force serves as the backbone of the country’s economic machinery, driving progress and creating opportunities for Filipino workers to partake in helping the nation to...

Trump touts ‘done’ deal with Beijing on rare earth minerals, Chinese students

By Agence France-Presse U.S. President Donald Trump touted "excellent" ties with China on Wednesday, June 11, saying the superpowers reached a deal after two days of talks aimed at preserving a truce...

Solon ponders on still-unsolved Duterte-era rice price manipulation

By Dean Aubrey Caratiquet On Tuesday (Nov. 26), the chair of the newly formed House Murang Pagkain Supercommittee, Albay Rep. Joey Salceda, lamented that the “biggest agricultural price manipulation case,” involving alleged...

PH economic growth to pick up to 6% in Q4

By Anna Leah Gonzales | Philippine News Agency The Philippines’ economic growth is expected to accelerate in the fourth quarter of the year to 6 percent from 5.2 percent in the third...

Program for homegrown agri-machinery greenlit by PBBM

By Dean Aubrey Caratiquet In a sectoral meeting at the Malacañan Palace on Wednesday, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has approved the “Local Manufacturing Capabilities to Support Agri-Mechanization” program of the Department...

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