Farm output growth slows to 0.67 percent in first quarter
MANILA – Farm output grew 0.67 percent in the January to March period, slowing from 1.08 percent during the same period in 2018, the...
Cut rates amid inflation decline, BSP told
MANILA – Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday urged the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to decrease its policy rate by 25 basis points to...
Easing inflation boosts local markets
MANILA – Both the peso and the stock market recovered on Tuesday, as traders cheered data showing the country’s inflation easing to a 16-month...
Chinese-only businesses ‘not allowed’
MANILA – Businesses that serve only Chinese nationals or a specific nationality are not allowed, the Department of Trade and Industry said Wednesday, addressing...
DOE urged to review unbundling of fuel prices
MANILA – Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation is urging the Department of Energy (DOE) to review its proposed circular on the unbundling of petroleum prices.
The...
DESPITE REDUCED INFLATION: Social mitigating measures still needed – NEDA
MANILA – The government remains watchful of any potential upticks in prices even as inflation eased to a 16-month low last month, the National...
PH stock market ‘to benefit from reserve requirement cut’
THE Philippines’ stock market is seen to benefit from the anticipated cut in banks' reserve requirement ratio (RRR) as this fuel more liquidity in...
China sends top negotiator to US in bid to avert tariff hike
WASHINGTON – Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will travel to Washington for trade talks on Thursday and Friday, Beijing said on Tuesday, setting up...
DAR holds symposium on land amortization, coop taxation
THE Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) held a one-day Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries
(ARBs) symposium on land amortization, coop taxation and crop insurance last Monday, May...
Landbank opens 400th branch, pushes economic dev’t in Jagna
LANDBANK recently marked a milestone as it opened its 400th branch in Jagna – a third-class municipality in the province of Bohol.
The opening of...