WITH two weeks left to negotiate with Washington, Philippine industries are not waving the white flag yet even after the country’s Asean counterparts Indonesia and Vietnam, its toughest competitors on ...

WITH his issuance of Proclamation No. 973, series of 2025, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has officially declared the country’s population has reached 112.73 million nationwide. Under the two-page ...

To prevent the possible paralysis of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) due to lack of quorum, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has named Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines ...

THE Department of Finance (DOF) made clear that interest income from bank deposits—not the savings—will be taxed at a uniform rate of 20 percent to “correct an unfair system” that favors the rich. In ...

RESOURCES held by the Philippine financial system reached the P34-trillion mark as of May 2025, preliminary data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed. Total funds and assets of the ...

AS the P50 daily wage increase in Metro Manila took effect on July 16, labor groups warned that unorganized workers may end up excluded from the full benefit of the adjustment if employers fail to ...

THE United Coconut Association of the Philippines (Ucap) remains hopeful that President Marcos Jr.’s visit to the United States will yield positive results. This, after the US administration reduced ...

THE Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) may soon regain its government subsidies in 2026, after being stripped of additional budgetary support this year, according to the country’s ...

LOWER domestic output and tepid job gains due to the new tariff policy of the United States are now the biggest threats to Philippine economy, according to a local think tank. In its regular economic ...

The recent agreement between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China on a Single Draft Code of Conduct (COC) Negotiating Text marks a significant milestone in a complex and ...

I first encountered the term “Pareto Principle” in my MBA class many summers ago. Named after the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, the principle is also known as the “80/20 Rule,” a concept that ...

The heavy downpour last July 6, 2025 did not dampen the festive mood of the 5,017 Iskolars ng Bayan who were conferred with academic degrees at the University Amphitheater of the University of the ...