THE 2024 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings were held in Washinton, DC, last October. This year, we got four major general conclusions out of the discussions.

CLIMATE CHANGE has greatly affected countries around the world. As a member of the international community, Taiwan also faces serious challenges in this area. In recent years, we have witnessed the ...

Doing the usual news interviews on the day of the US elections (Nov. 6 in Manila), the questions proffered to me tended towards the fundamentals: the election results’ effect on trade, security, ...

FISHERIES production fell 5.1% year on year in the third quarter, with declines reported across all segments of the industry, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). In its quarterly ...

LEGISLATORS are sending big-ticket projects to unprogrammed appropriations to free up fiscal space for “pet projects” forcing economic managers to source excess funds from government-owned and ...

A House of Representatives committee on Wednesday approved a measure that will impose stiffer penalties against sexual abuse. The House women and gender equality committee will be consolidating House ...

A PHILIPPINE senator on Thursday pushed lawmakers to ensure a competitive bidding process and safeguards against monopolies in the energy sector as a measure developing the country’s natural gas ...

TYPHOON USAGI (Local name: Ofel) has intensified into a super typhoon as it is forecast to make landfall over Cagayan or northern Isabela on Thursday afternoon, the state weather bureau announced on ...

THE National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said it is allocating more than P600 billion in capital expenditure (capex) ...

THE German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (GPCCI) said preventive measures are urgently needed to address avian influenza (AI), which it called a threat to food security in the ...

THE Department of Transportation (DoTr) hopes to break ground on Metro Rail Transit Line 4 (MRT-4) within the first quarter of 2025. “The groundbreaking will be next year; we are just finalizing the ...

GROSS gaming revenue (GGR) rose 37.52% to P94.61 billion in the third quarter, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) said. In a statement on Thursday, the regulator said the growth was ...