The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said residential housing units of various types continued to increase in the April to June quarter.
Residential property prices rose 2.7 percent year-on-year, slower than the 6.1 percent growth in Q1 2024. On a quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) basis, housing prices accelerated to 1.8 percent versus only 1.1 percent growth in Q1 2024.
The business confidence index rose across the Philippines in the third quarter to 32.9, up from only 32.1 just a quarter earlier, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas reported on Friday.
The Economic Development Group, chaired by Secretary Frederick D. Go, supports extending the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund until 2030 and increasing its annual budget to P15 billion from the current P10 billion.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Thursday said a buffer fund of at least P5 billion for the procurement and stockpiling of rice and other agricultural commodities for purposes of stabilizing prices should soon be operational.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Wednesday announced discontinuing its rediscounting window and replacing it with the Discount Window Facility (DWF) in keeping with global best practices.
A health expert has urged the government to consider expanding the Philippines’ human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program to include boys, saying gender-neutral immunization could provide broader protection against HPV-related cancers while helping curb virus transmission.
There are few things more amusing than watching otherwise sensible adults become unreasonable over a basketball game played by people young enough to be their children. A missed free throw becomes a character flaw. A referee’s call becomes evidence of a conspiracy. A victory is proof that an entire institution is superior, while a defeat is something that requires immediate explanation. The players may be the ones on the court, but the people in the stands often behave as though their own futures are at stake.
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