Tag: Philippine Economy
President Marcos unveils economic blueprint for ‘turbulent time’
Marcos Jr. offered a laundry list of targets, ranging from getting children back into classrooms to expanding internet access
Philippine central bank hikes rates for third straight month
Overnight deposit and lending facilities were increased by the same amount to 2.75 percent and 3.75 percent respectively
Pandemic made the poor poorer and the rich richer
None of the Filipino super-rich has declared that they will share any of their massive wealth with the poor
2.93 million Filipinos unemployed, latest gov’t data show
The national joblessness rate stood at six percent in May, up from 5.7 percent in April
Greenpeace, activists hit Supreme Court ruling approving Meralco’s staggered power rate...
“The latest development further exposes the consequences of Meralco and other energy corporations’ dependence on fossil fuels”
Green group rejects push for revival of Philippine mining industry
The outgoing economic team of President Rodrigo Duterte pressed for the revival of the mining industry to generate more jobs
To bring down price of rice to 20 pesos per kilogram...
“If the plight of the farmers will not be addressed ... everyone else in the country will starve"
One peso to do battle with giants
Little deeds of kindness can topple the greed in the world if enough people embrace the needy and the weak with kindness
Photos: Manila’s urban poor, workers protest series of oil price hikes
Urban poor residents and public transport workers hold a demonstration to protest the series of oil price increases
Philippine Council of the Laity warns of impending rise in prices...
Economists, however, said the country is not yet heading toward “hyperinflation”
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