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GDP growth accelerated to 6.2% in third quarter

Gross domestic product growth accelerated to 6.2 percent in the third quarter, putting the economy on track to achieve the low end of the...

Jobless rate declined to 5.4% in July

Unemployment rate declined to 5.4 percent in July from 5.6 percent a year ago, as the labor force added nearly half a million workers...

Economy falters: GDP at 6%

Economic growth slowed sharply in the second quarter and fell well short of expectations as a result of policy decisions that included the shutdown...

Neda endorses 5-year export plan to Duterte

Thr proposed plan to boost the country’s exports will ensure targets in the Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 are met, the National Economic and Development...

National ID system needed for CCT program–Palace

Malacañang on Monday assured that the passage of the National ID System will help the government administer the unconditional cash transfer because it would...

‘Gargantuan tasks’

Task Force Bangon Marawi will have its hands full on the very first day of its creation. Economic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia has conceded...

Subway rail, funding to begin

The Transportation Department said it expects to start the construction of the P355.6-billion Metro Manila Subway Project by the fourth quarter of next year.  Transportation...

Housing, federal push top Ledac agenda

Malacañang and Congress agreed to pass 28 bills as part of the common legislative agenda for the 17th Congress"•including the creation of a separate department...

Economy defies concerns, surges by 6.5%

THE Palace on Thursday welcomed results of the latest Philippine Statistics Authority report showing the economy growing by 6.5 percent in the second quarter...

Drilon slams Pernia’s claim

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday scored Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia for saying the “political noise” could put at risk our projected...

Cebu BRT project put on hold

The Department of Transportation has put on the back burner the construction of the P9-billion Bus Rapid Transit project in Cebu province. “The review must...

‘Urgent’ Natl ID bill sent to Palace

Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto M. Pernia said on Wednesday that the proposed Unified National ID System Act has already been endorsed to President Rodrigo...

China loans not a debt trap­–Neda

THE Philippines will not fall into a debt trap despite the billions in loans it wants to get from China, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto...

Exports, factory output increased in April–PSA

Both merchandise exports and factory output climbed in April from a year ago, pointing to a strong growth at the start of the second...
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