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Finance chief thumbs down higher tax rates for billionaires, prefers consumption tax

Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno flatly rejected the suggestion of a youth representative at the House of Representatives for the imposition of higher tax rates...

Philippines debt-to-GDP expected to steadily slide to 50% by 2028

The economic managers expect the country's debt to steadily decline to around 50 percent of gross domestic product before the term of President Ferdinand...

Long-horizon foreign direct investments dropped 21% over five months

Foreign direct investments, the kind that stays invested in the Philippines for the long haul, fell 34 percent in May to only $488 million,...

Villar tops Forbes list of 10 richest Filipinos

Politician turned businessman Manuel B. Villar Jr. remained the country’s richest individual, bested only by the Sy siblings who remain at the top of...

Cost pressures, low government consumption moderate 2Q growth of only 4.3%

Local output growth measured as the gross domestic product (GDP) expanded at a slower pace of only 4.3 percent in the second quarter this...

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Cebu Pacific opens one-stop service center for OFWs at MCIA Terminal 2

Cebu Pacific (CEB) has launched the new OFW Facilitation Center at Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) Terminal 2, aimed at making essential travel and government services easier to access for overseas Filipino workers before departure and upon arrival.

MORE’s modernized power grid saves Iloilo from massive outages

Iloilo's modernized power grid may have spared the city the worst of a two-month wave of Visayas outages, a new economic report suggests. 

ERC reforms seek to spur next investment wave

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is rolling out regulatory reforms aimed at unlocking fresh investments in the power sector, easing grid bottlenecks, and accelerating the Philippines' shift toward renewable energy as electricity demand continues to climb.

NKTI expansion targets regional lead in dialysis care

The National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) is on track to become Southeast Asia's largest dialysis center after President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. ordered the accelerated completion of its new 13-story Hemodialysis Building, a project aimed at expanding access to specialized kidney care amid the country's growing burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD).

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