Economy

NEDA: Regional Developement Plan to sustain growth in Central Visayas

Aiming to distribute economic growth among its municipalities by linking major urban centers, key production areas, and market centers, the Central Visayas (Region VII) on Friday launched the Regional Developement Plan...

2017 inflation still benign – Central bank

MANILA, Aug. 4 -- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Nestor Espenilla Jr. said domestic inflation remains benign despite the slight uptick last July to 2.8 percent from the previous month's...

Armm is PH’s top fish producer

COTABATO CITY, Aug 4 -– The five-province, two-city Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) was the top fish-producing region in the country in 2016, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Thursday...

S. Leyte farmers get PHP33.4-M road project from DAR

SILAGO, Southern Leyte, Aug. 2 -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has turned over to the local government unit (LGU) of Silago, Leyte the remaining farm-to-market road project that would...

Standard Chartered cuts PH growth forecast for 2017

MANILA, Aug. 1 - Lower-than-expected growth of the Philippine economy in the first quarter of 2017, at 6.4 percent from quarter-ago’s 6.6 percent, made Standard Chartered Bank cut its full year...

PH on track to meet lower-end of 6.5% GDP growth target for 2017

MANILA, Aug. 1 (PNA) -- The Philippines remains on track in meeting the lower-end of its full-year target of 6.5 percent to 7.5 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth this year,...

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