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Diokno throws support behind Rubio; wants digitalization prioritized
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno has thrown his full support behind Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio, tasking the newly installed chief of the government’s second largest...
SEC starts investment roadshow for MSMEs in Davao
The Securities and Exchange Commission is launching a roadshow in Davao meant to make capital market access for even micro, small and medium enterprises...
Couples had “revenge weddings” in 2021 – PSA Data
Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed Monday that the number of registered marriages in 2021 surged 48 percent to 356,839 from 240,775 in 2020, the year government restricted travel and large gatherings to avoid the spread of COVID-19.
Influential group urges government to prioritize small business recovery
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) has called on the government to prioritize the recovery of small businesses as it continues to...
The politics and statistics of hunger
Late in December last year the World Food Organization reported that malnutrition is widespread across the Philippines as the number of Filipinos simply cannot afford to have a healthy diet. In Metro Manila alone, some 2.9 million Filipinos went into a state of “involuntary hunger” and went about their lives for months with hardly anything to eat, according to a survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations.
