Gov’t taps CSOs to sharpen budget strategy
The economic managers have engaged civil society organizations (CSOs) to help refine the interagency Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) process. This has reference to that unit setting the government's macroeconomic assumptions, fiscal targets, budget ceilings, revenue projections, and borrowing ceiling and convened in keeping with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s push for greater transparency, inclusivity, and stakeholder participation in national budgeting.
Chicken output rises in 1Q, prices dip slightly
Chicken production in the country reached 550.50 thousand metric tons, in liveweight terms, in the first quarter of 2025, an 8.7 percent year-on-year increase from 506.28 thousand metric tons in the same period last year, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed.
PSE partners with Nasdaq to modernize trading with Eqlipse
The Philippine Stock Exchange said Friday it has partnered with partnered with Nasdaq to implement the Nasdaq Eqlipse Trading platform, a significant upgrade in trading infrastructure, aimed at enhancing market liquidity, technological resilience, and investor confidence.
Philippines Bans Brazilian Poultry Over Bird Flu, Impacting Half of Chicken Imports
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has imposed a temporary ban on the importation of poultry and related products from Brazil following confirmed outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza in Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul.
Move It seeks suspension of motorcycle taxi TWG over rider cuts
Motorcycle taxi platform Move It has escalated its legal challenge against the Motorcycle Taxi Technical Working Group (MCT-TWG), now calling for the group's outright suspension. This marks a shift from its earlier plea to merely halt the implementation of the TWG's order reducing its rider allocation.
