More Filipino women have voted with the feet and left the comfort of home and family behind to find jobs overseas--mainly menial work--to help loved ones get a chance at a better life, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority show.
The Philippines is adjudged to have emerged from the pandemic on strong economic footing based on the preliminary assessment of a four-man visiting team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
House leaders have set aside a portion of the P1.23 billion intelligence fund under next year's proposed budget into programs that help defeat inflation.
Foreign direct investments (FDI), the kind that stays for the long haul, proved weaker in the January-to-July period this year to $4.7 billion from $5.5 billion last year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said on Tuesday.