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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.
Emerging markets output growth looking sanguine
Emerging markets and developing economies like the Philippines were to collectively post output growth measured as the gross domestic product (GDP) averaging 4 percent this year, but higher next year to 4.2 percent, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
NG debt up 14.4%, hits P13.42T in 2022
The national government’s total debt grew by 14.4 percent to P13.42 trillion last year from P11.73 trillion in 2021, data released by the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) showed.
New IFC regional chief calls for greater private investments in Asia-Pacific
The International Finance Corp. (IFC), the private investment arm of the World Bank, has appointed Riccardo Puliti as its new Regional Vice President for Asia and the Pacific.
Philippine companies populate Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index
Conglomerate DMCI Holdings Inc. and its unit Semirara Mining and Power Corp., plus two other listed firms form part of the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for the third year in a series.
