The government on Wednesday rolled out a single-stage bidding process to rehabilitate, optimize and maintain the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the country's main international gateway.
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said Wednesday the government could drastically bring down rice prices but warned that millions of rice farmers would be adversely affected if productivity stays at current levels.
The policy-making Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has kept the maximum charge on the unpaid credit card balances unchanged at 3 percent a month.
The Department of Budget and Management unveiled on Tuesday a proposal to update the 20-year-old procurement law to help speed up government spending and bolster economic activity.
The Philippines in July this year continued to report far more foreign currency-denominated expenses than earnings although the shortfall, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said, has sharply diminished on both annual and monthly basis.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has lifted the temporary ban on the importation of pork and other swine products from Poland, citing the country’s policy on African swine fever (ASF) regionalization.
Cash remittances from overseas Filipinos rose to US$2.9 billion in November 2025, highlighting the continued importance of migrant workers’ income in supporting the Philippine economy.
The Philippines must aim higher—much higher—if it wants growth that is truly inclusive, according to the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII).
The P9 billion-odd market for takaful, or Islamic insurance, remains small in the Philippines but is slowly gaining ground as insurers step up efforts to widen awareness and use, particularly in Mindanao.