Economy

New P40-M fish port to boost Antique economy

SAN JOSE De BUENAVISTA, Antique -- The chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries of the SangguniangPanlalawigan (SP) on Friday said the new PHP40 million fish port here will not...

PSEi finishes with gains; peso down vs. USD

MANILA - - The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) finished the week with gains unlike the peso, which pulled back against the dollar ahead of the September 2017 jobs report from...

BPO group targets increasing hiring rate to 15%

MANILA -- The Contact Center of the Philippines (CCAP) aims to further improve the hiring rate in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in the country to reach 10 to 15 percent in...

Peso stays flat vs USD; PSEi slids after posting new highs

MANILA – The Philippine peso finished Thursday almost unchanged against the USD, partly due to the negative close of the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) a day after posting another record-high...

PCC ensures promoting competition in PH market

MANILA -- The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has ensured to continue promoting competition in the local market as the country improved its ranking in the latest Global Competitiveness Report of the...

Budget Sec. Diokno presents administration’s economic plans in UBS Macro Tour

On September 2, 2017, DBM Sec. Benjamin Diokno spoke in front of local and foreign analysts of UBS to discuss the Duterte administration’s economic plans, with emphasis on the FY 2018...

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