PH raises 750-million euros from bond sale
MANILA – The Philippines sold 750 million euros (P44 billion) in its first issue of euro-denominated bonds in 10 years that was six times...
Pinoy pitches bamboo-made straw to French firm
A FILIPINO social entrepreneur recently got to present Philippine made bamboo straws to top executives in Paris as part of a prize for a...
BSP adjusts 2019-2020 inflation projections
MANILA – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) policy-making Monetary Board (MB) on Thursday adjusted the central bank’s average inflation projections for the 2019-2020...
DTI: PH on track to hit export target
MANILA – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) remains confident it is still on track to attain export targets of USD122 billion to...
Local markets weaken after lower-than-expected GDP
MANILA – Both the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) and the peso weakened Thursday after the release of the lower-than-expected growth of the Philippine...
Central Bank cuts rates due to slower growth, inflation
MANILA – Philippine monetary officials on Thursday cut by 25 basis points the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) key rates in response to the...
Taiwanese firms to invest in Subic
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Eight Taiwan-based companies have expressed their interest to invest in this premier freeport.
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) chairperson and administrator...
Taxpayers reap P111.7-B bonus from income tax cuts, says DOF
MANILA – Filipino taxpayers have reaped a cash bonanza of PHP111.7 billion in personal income tax (PIT) cuts in 2018 with the implementation of...
Trump’s tariff hike on $200-billion Chinese goods takes effect
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump's tariff increase to 25 percent on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods took effect on Friday, ratcheting up...
PH TRIBE LEADER: ‘Retain reciprocal relations with nature’
THROUGH collective action, environmental protection can be achieved. This is what the Kalinga indigenous people in the Philippines demonstrated to the world when they...