Climate-related disasters are imposing recurring macroeconomic costs on the Philippines and are expected to weigh more ...

The Philippines must invest heavily in producing AI engineers, data scientists, cloud architects, cybersecurity specialists, computational modelers, and machine learning researchers. This demands a ...

IN 2026, the Philippines will chair the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) under the banner “Navigating Our ...

The Philippines cannot afford to ignore this lesson. Without strong local startups, we remain dependent on foreign platforms. Without homegrown success stories, our youth will continue to believe that ...

Economic and geopolitical necessity drives ASEAN countries to stand against isolationism and choose economic openness.

THE Philippine economy entered 2025 with hopes of sustaining the momentum built in previous years, supported by steady consumer spending, improving investor sentiment and long-planned infrastructure ...

TYPHOONS are expected to add up to 0.6 percentage point (ppt) to Philippine inflation due to disruptions to supply chains and agriculture, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In a ...

As 2025 draws to a close, the Philippines stands at an inflection point. Global headwinds, technological disruption, and ...

WITH climate change becoming a macro-critical risk for the Philippines, a balanced and data-dependent monetary policy response, as well as creating fiscal space to finance climate-resilient ...

Executive Secretary Ralph Recto said President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr.’s administration has safeguarded the poorest ...

Executive Secretary Ralph Recto said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration has safeguarded the poorest Filipino ...

The US President’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcement has seen a partial rollback to mitigate domestic political ...