Symphony Homes is sharpening its pitch to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and first-time homebuyers, betting that improving infrastructure and practical housing options will unlock fresh demand in emerging growth corridors.
Personal remittances from overseas Filipinos (OFs) rose by 2.9 percent to USD3.24 billion in January 2025, compared to USD3.15 billion in the same period last year, marking a steady increase despite global economic challenges. This uptick in remittances, which are a critical driver of the Philippine economy, reflects the continued resilience of both land-based and sea-based Filipino workers abroad.
For many Filipinos, 2023 is a new year faced with the same economic challenges from 2022. Sustained high inflation has unfortunately made many Filipinos...
Philip Morris International (PMI) is counting on the Philippines as an important sourcing and manufacturing base as it strengthens supply-chain resilience against weather disruptions, geopolitical risks and other external shocks.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) halted commercial flights nationwide Friday (early Saturday in Manila) after a communications failure crippled all 22 regional air traffic control centers, although it remained unclear whether the disruption was connected to an outage affecting some Microsoft services.
The Philippine economy is beginning to resemble a car running low on fuel while its engine overheats. Growth is sputtering, prices are soaring, jobs are getting harder to find, and agriculture—a major source of food and rural livelihoods—is contracting
Southeast Asia’s small businesses need stronger digital capabilities and better access to regional markets to tap more than 680 million consumers and help ASEAN achieve its ambition of becoming the world’s fourth-largest economy, ASEAN Foundation executive director Dr. Piti Srisangnam said.