Nomura Global Market Research has lowered its 2026 gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for the Philippines to 5.3 percent from 5.6 percent, citing...
Philippine Business for Education (PBEd), an industry-led advocacy group, is calling for increased transparency, including open bicameral conference committee deliberations, in the final stages...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is preparing to launch a prototype blockchain platform aimed at improving transparency and accountability in the...
Government infrastructure and other capital outlays declined 25.3 percent to P93.3 billion in July 2025 from a year earlier, on a muted disbursement performance...
Two of the country’s largest business organizations have expressed strong support for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s creation of the Independent Commission on Infrastructure (ICI),...
Overlapping street signs are seen at Pedro Gil corner Riverside Street in Manila. Manila Mayor Isko Moreno has ordered their removal after the signs...
Malacañang yesterday said it welcomed Senate President Chiz Escudero’s proposal for the government to draw up a “negative list” of infrastructure projects that should...
The Economy and Development (ED) Council Investment Coordination Committee - Cabinet Committee (ICC-CC), co-chaired by Finance Secretary Ralph Recto, has tightened its approval process...
The Philippine government is spending P1.156 trillion (over $20 billion) on climate change adaptation and mitigation this year, a 152.7-percent increase from 2024, Budget...
Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel Bonoan on Monday defended the Kennon Road rockshed project, which President Marcos dismissed as "useless" during his inspection...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday reiterated that he will return any General Appropriations Bill that deviates significantly from the administration’s proposed National Expenditure...