Economy

Demand key factor in rollout of flagship infra projects: DOF

MANILA -- Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has told United States officials that public demand was a key consideration for the Duterte administration in deciding which big-ticket infrastructure projects to roll out...

Raising wages is good for workers, economy: Solon

MANILA -- A legislator on Friday defended the proposal to increase the national minimum wage to PHP750, saying it is "good for the working people and for the economy as whole". Bayan Muna...

PH yields more chicken eggs in 1st qtr

MANILA -- The Philippines' first-quarter production of chicken egg grew for the third year in a row, latest Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data showed. PSA data released last week showed that nationwide chicken...

Palace attributes Filipinos’ excellent optimism to growing economy

MANILA -- Malacañang on Thursday attributed the "excellent" net personal optimism of the Filipinos based on the latest Social Weather Station (SWS) to the country’s growing economy. “Our people are feeling the effects...

DTI seeks to boost coffee industry in W. Visayas

ILOILO CITY -- The Department of Trade and Industry 6 (Western Visayas) gathered some 50 coffee industry stakeholders from Iloilo, Antique, Capiz and Negros Occidental for a two-day regional roadmap localization and...

Gov’t debt rises to 56% of GDP at end-March

MANILA -- The national government’s debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio went up to 56.2 percent as of end-March this year from the 55.2 percent debt-to-GDP ratio in the same...

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