The long-term bright economic future of the Philippines is based on two dividends: a geographic dividend and a demographic dividend.

THE ECONOMY may not benefit as much from state spending -- lately a key driver of gross domestic product growth -- at least in the first half of next year due to an expected delay in enactment of 2019’s proposed P3.757-trillion national budget and the ban on public works ahead of the May mid-term elections, the head of the Department of Budget and Management told reporters on Tuesday.

INTERSCHOOL esports in the country is getting a big boost with an agreement that looks to engage more than one thousand teams from over 200 schools with the opportunity to train, compete, be coached, win scholarships and eventually become medal-winning esports athletes.

THE San Miguel Beermen bounced back from a previous loss in the Philippine Basketball Association Governors’ Cup by defeating the Columbian Dyip, 113-107, on Sunday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

CHINA BANKING Corp. (China Bank) is looking to offer peso-denominated green bonds to support demand for environmental and sustainability projects.

THE SUPREME COURT (SC) upheld the constitutionality of the third extension of martial in Mindanao until Dec. 31, 2019.

MAJORITY or 64% of small businesses currently operating on the social media platform Facebook said they were optimistic they would grow despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.

THE Philippine Hotel Owners Association, Inc. (PHOAI) said it opposes the new legal requirement to equally distribute the service charge collected by hotels and restaurants among all employees and remove the share collected by hotel management, noting that the rules could force the industry to reduce staffing.

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES (PAL) insisted its lease contract with the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) for a 10-hectare property in the old Nayong Pilipino...

THE RESIGNATION of two Federal Reserve chiefs amid a stock-trading scandal means an unexpected number of top monetary-policy jobs are coming up for grabs — and there’ll likely be an unusually intense spotlight on who fills them. 

THE National Government’s (NG) gross borrowings fell in April as domestic and external debt declined, data from the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) showed....

THE GOVERNMENT fully awarded P15 billion worth of Treasury bills (T-bill) on Monday even as yields rose across- the-board amid expectations that inflation picked up further in August.