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January inflation accelerated to 8.7% on year
The rate of change in the price of consumer goods and services accelerated to 8.7 percent year-on-year in January, its fastest pace since the 9.1 percent recorded in November 2008, on account of higher cost of house rental, utilities, food and transportation.
On the economy, while IMF frets, Guinigundo sizzles
Key International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials urged central banks to ensure that their policy responses remain appropriately restrictive and should stay in place long...
SEC, UP Law reworking policy framework to meet 21st century challenges
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the University of the Philippines Law Center are reworking the decades-old policy framework that, while still effective, needs...
NEDA chief loves running during weekends
National Economic and Development Authority Secretary Arsenio Balisacan knows how to keep himself physically fit by running during his free time, especially on weekends.
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Former Commerce Minister, businessman Roberto Ongpin, dead at 86
Businessman Roberto Ongpin, former Commerce and Industry Minister under the late President Ferdinand Marcos, died on Sunday at Balesin Island Club, the exclusive Philippine island resort he built.
