Social media giants rally behind DICT, Digital Pilipinas in cybersecurity program
Four of the most popular and influential social media platforms have rallied behind the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and its bid to ramp up awareness of the perils presented by cyber criminals in the digital space.
China wind farm equipment manufacturers look to seal $4-billion investment bid by yearend
The Board of Investments (BOI) is sanguine on the successful conclusion of negotiations with two Chinese wind farm equipment and component manufacturers who look to invest $2 billion each in their proposal to make the Philippines a manufacturing hub.
World Bank trims forecast Ph growth further to 5.6 percent
The World Bank who in September this year recalculated the country's growth path at a slower pace of 5.7 percent in terms of local output expansion, has trimmed its forecast further to 5.6 percent.
Asia-Pacific countries seen posting accelerated growth this year
Asia and Pacific countries like the Philippines are seen collectively pushing local output growth, measured as the gross domestic product (GDP), averaging higher than global output growth at 4.6 percent this year, according to the latest Regional Economic Outlook published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Manila exercises good neighbor policy and contributes to IMF’s subsidy fund
Although the Philippines has to deal with the economic scarring dealt on countries by the pandemic just like everyone else, the $404 billion southeast...
