BOI, PEZA investment approvals up 53% in Q1
MANILA – The value of projects approved by the Philippine government's two investment promotion agencies (IPAs) increased by a substantial 53.2 percent in the...
Customs exceeds April revenue target
MANILA – The Bureau of Customs on Thursday said it exceeded its April revenue target by 2 percent due to the implementation of improved...
Duterte vows to be ‘harsh’ to achieve PH economic progress
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said his administration will be relentless and "harsh" against elements that would stand against the Philippines's economic...
1,564 applicants ‘near-hires’ during Labor Day job fair
ILOILO City – The recently concluded jobs and livelihood fairs conducted during the 116th Labor Day Celebration produced 70 jobseekers hired-on-the-spot (HOTS) and 1,564...
DOLE aims to provide employment for 5T displaced Boracay workers
ILOILO City – The emergency employment of 1,000 informal sector (IS) workers and indigenous people (IP) on the Island of Boracay under the Department...
PH urged to address signs of ‘overheating’ economy
MANILA – Monetary authorities should address signs that the Philippine economy, one of the fastest-growing in Asia, is overheating, an economist said Thursday.
Research from...
Labor group claims Duterte EO supports status quo on ‘endo’
MANILA – A labor group on Wednesday called out the executive order (EO) on contractualization signed by President Rodrigo Duterte, claiming it only supports...
Tablets pre-tested for upcoming consumer expectations, overseas Filipinos surveys
THE Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) will conduct a Pre-Test for the upcoming October 2018 Consumer Expectations Survey (CES) and 2018 Survey on Overseas Filipinos...
PSA begins Census of PH business, industry Phase I
The Census of Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI) is one of the censuses conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
The 2018 CPBI Phase I...
‘BSP to hike policy rates if conditions warrant change’
MANILA – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) signaled on Thursday the possibility of raising interest rates to counter faster inflation rate, but medium-term...