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Ischemic heart diseases—the weakening of the heart caused by reduced blood flow—remain the leading cause of death in the Philippines, accounting for nearly one in every five deaths between January and September last year, latest data from the Philippine Statistics Office show.

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Felipe Medalla expects inflation falling below the lower end of the government’s two- to four-percent target range early...

The government is preparing the terms of reference for the plan to bid out to the private sector the operations of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, the main gateway to the Philippines.

The Philippines has chronically underspent for public infrastructures like roads and railways for decades and the hope is for state spending to ramp up under incumbent President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., experts told the Manila-based Asian Development (ADB). 

The country’s commodities sector could be in for another volatile year in terms of prices although stakeholders remain optimistic that the year of the...