MANILA -- The World Bank (WB) expects the Philippine economy to speed up in the second half of 2018 and in early 2019, and will continue to be among the fastest-growing economies...
MANILA -- A suspension of excise tax increases levied on petroleum products under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law is possible next year, but only if global crude prices...
MANILA – The Duterte administration may have tapped official development assistance (ODA) loans to help fund its massive infrastructure program but this does not mean that the government will be jumping into...
MANILA -- The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has completed the formulation of National Intellectual Property Strategy (NIPS) as a tool to help propel economic growth, the agency disclosed in...
MANILA -- The local bourse as reflected by the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi), is expected to make a comeback in coming weeks, if inflation has indeed peaked last August, an economist...
MANILA – Philippine economic managers are sticking with their original three percent budget deficit cap for 2018 and 3.2 percent for 2019 in anticipation of higher infrastructure spending, amid a suggestion from...
