Business leaders petition the Marcos administration to suspend the increase in contribution to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) indefinitely until complaints against the...
The central bank governor on Wednesday ruled out rate cuts anytime soon due to upside inflation risks and signaled that borrowing costs will remain higher for longer.
Increased tax collection last year narrowed the government’s budget deficit to P1.512 trillion from P1.614 trillion in 2022, albeit slightly wider than the P1.499 trillion deficit target for the year.
The total national government debt at the end of January reach P14.79 trillion, up P173.91 billion from the level at the end December 2023, nudged higher by an increase in domestic borrowings for budget support.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) conducted simultaneous enforcement operations on 11 cockpit arenas on August 8, 2026, and found 297 betting machines, computerized betting units, servers, and other devices without the required Permit to Use (PTU) and not appearing in BIR records. These were sealed or confiscated, as warranted under existing rules.
The Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority is positioning its sprawling economic zone in Casiguran, Aurora as a potential defense-industrial hub as the Philippines strengthens strategic infrastructure along its Pacific seaboard.
The Department of Trade and Industry is targeting more than P1 billion in sales from national trade fairs this year as it expands government-led marketplaces designed to connect Filipino micro, small, and medium enterprises with domestic and international buyers.
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has set aside nearly ₱4.4 billion in emergency loan assistance for 166,789 active members as well as old-age and disability pensioners across nine areas in Luzon reeling from recent typhoons and the southwest monsoon.