MANILA -- As the government intensifies its efforts to aid communities severely devastated by Typhoon Ompong last week, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) announced that families affected by...
MANILA -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Friday bared plans to flood Metro Manila with lower-priced locally-grown agricultural produce to make food affordable and to counter profiteering.
The department plans to open...
MANILA -- The declaration of a state of calamity in areas affected by Typhoon ‘Ompong’ can ease inflationary expectations on account of its devastation, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said...
MANILA -- The government is tapping the support of the private sector in addressing the country’s housing need, the country’s chief economist said.
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia pointed out that housing needs...
MANILA -- The Philippine peso showed resilience, closing little changed against the greenback on Wednesday while the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) fell anew, partly on investors' persistent worries about the inflationary...
CLARK, Pampanga -- An economist of Barclays forecasts continued widening of the Philippines’ current account deficit to above two percent of gross domestic product (GDP) as the country imports more to meet...
