MANILA – Anticipations for another hike in the Federal Reserve’s key rates following indications that the US labor market remains firm resulted in the negative close of the local bourse’s main index as well as the peso on Friday.The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) dipped... Read More
MANILA – The Department of Finance (DOF) on Friday welcomed the endorsement of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) of five key fiscal and economic reforms proposed by the department for legislative approval within the year.The LEDAC serves as a consultative and... Read More
MANILA — Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Friday said the crafting of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the bill creating the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) is expected to be completed soon."The crafting of the IRR started right after the approval of the MIF bill. It’s... Read More
MANILA – An official of the Department of Energy (DOE) on Friday said the El Niño phenomenon is not expected to have major impact on the country’s power sector for the rest of the year as it is offset by lower power demand.During the Laging Handa briefing, DOE Undersecretary... Read More
MANILA – Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) president Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr. said the Marcos administration has done “very well” during the first year of term.Ortiz-Luis told the Philippine News Agency on Wednesday that the administration of President Ferdinand R.... Read More
MANILA – Manufacturing output both in volume and value continued to grow at a faster pace in May, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.Results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries released on Friday showed that the value of production index (VaPi) grew by 10.3... Read More
MANILA – The country's unemployment rate further dropped to 4.3 percent in May this year from 6 percent a year ago, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Friday.In a briefing, National Statistician Dennis Mapa said preliminary results of the May 2023 Labor Force Survey (LFS)... Read More
MANILA – Data cloud company Snowflake said companies in the Philippines are now more open to using cloud-computing technology, noting the rising demand for cloud-based storage and analytics services.“Customers are more eager to adopt cloud. They are also becoming more... Read More
ANTIPOLO CITY – The decision of the National Water Resources Board (NWRB) to cut water allocation coming from Angat Dam down to 50 cubic meters per second from 52 CMS would not affect the operations of the east zone concessionaire Manila Water.In an interview, Dittie Galang, Manila... Read More
MANILA – Both local stocks and the peso closed Thursday with losses after the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) unanimous decision to pause interest rate hikes.The local bourse benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) ended the day’s trading at 6,474.26, shedding 38.13... Read More
MANILA – The European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) has welcomed the proposal of the European Commission to extend the European Union (EU) Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP) regulation for another four years until 2027.“The ECCP welcomes the proposal of the European... Read More
MANILA – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Thursday said an overnight (ON) rate will be published on its website to serve as a market reference amid the cessation of the global use of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR).In a statement on Thursday, the central bank said the... Read More
MANILA – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it provided technical assistance to the Philippines' first Gender Bond issued by ASA Philippines Foundation Inc.In a statement on Thursday, ADB said it provided technical assistance to support bond framework development and capacity building... Read More
MANILA – The total monetary value of Class A gold, copper, nickel, and chromite reserves went up by 22 percent last year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.In a report on Thursday, the PSA said the total monetary value of Class A gold, copper, nickel and chromite reserves amounted... Read More
MANILA – Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo Pascual has invited German firms to consider the Philippines as their next investment destination as their government urged them to diversify businesses.In a statement Thursday, the DTI said Pascual has met with 50 German firms,... Read More
VIENNA – Haitham Al Ghais, Secretary-General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), revealed the organization's aspirations to increase the number of member states, as four countries --Azerbaijan, Malaysia, Brunei and Mexico have been consulted so far to join.In a... Read More
MANILA – The local stock barometer closed almost unchanged on Wednesday while the peso slightly weakened against the US dollar.The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) closed 2.08 points or 0.03 percent lower at 6,512.39.All Shares also declined 2.78 points or 0.08 percent to 3,469.75... Read More
MANILA – The Philippine office market is sustaining its momentum following a 46-percent jump in office space demand in the first half of 2023 against the same period in 2022, Leechiu Property Consultants (LPC) reported Wednesday.In a hybrid press briefing, LPC director for commercial leasing... Read More
CEBU CITY – A total of 35 establishments in Cebu province received recognition for consistently complying with consumer laws and adopting best practices in running their businesses, the provincial office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said on Wednesday.In a statement, Rose Mae... Read More
ANTIPOLO CITY – Both economists and retailers welcomed the easing of price pressures in the country even as they pointed out the presence of factors that could trigger another inflationary uptick.This came in reaction to Wednesday’s release by the Philippine Statistics Authority of its... Read More
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