Peso slips ahead of GDP report
THE PESO ended almost flat versus the dollar on Wednesday but still logged another near 11-year low due to domestic corporate demand and ahead...
Farm growth fuels Q2 GDP hopes
FARM OUTPUT last quarter turned around from a year-ago decline, growing faster than January-March’s expansion due to the past year’s low base, the Philippine...
Remittances in June biggest in three months
By Melissa Luz T. Lopez
Senior Reporter
MONEY SENT HOME by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) -- a driver of household spending that contributes more than 73%...
Economic managers pitch PHL opportunities to investors in Singapore
ECONOMIC MANAGERS of President Rodrigo R. Duterte flew to Singapore this week to woo more foreign firms to invest in the Philippines, branding the...
Higher metals prices boost value of PHL output
THE Mines and Geosciences Bureau said the value of metals produced in the first half rose 4.27% from a year earlier, after miners obtained...
Central bank likely to hike rates within 2017 as inflation picks up
By Melissa Luz T. Lopez,
Senior Reporter
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will still have to raise interest rates by yearend to keep up with...
PXP Energy revives talks with Chinese counterparts
By Victor V. Saulon, Sub-Editor
PXP Energy Corp. had talks “fairly recently” with counterparts in China ahead of the lifting of a moratorium on oil...
Senate tackles today Uber’s suspension with LTFRB officials
By Patrizia Paola C. Marcelo
THE Senate is set to hold a meeting today, Aug. 16, with officials of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory...
NBI files drug rap vs nine over P6.4-billion shabu shipment controversy
By Kristine Joy V. Patag
Reporter
NINE individuals, including two traders, tagged in the P6.4-billion illegal drugs shipment controversy now face drug charges at the Department...
DoJ rejects complaint against dead Parojinogs
A COMPLAINT filed by police forces against slain Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog, Sr. and his wife Susan Parojinog was rejected by default by...
Gilas faces old nemesis S. Korea in quarterfinals
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
Reporter
GILAS PILIPINAS will have its old nemesis South Korea as an opponent in the quarterfinals of the 2017 FIBA Asia...
A Gala Celebration: Fearless on stage
A COUPLE swirls and twirls and mimic each other in a calm and yet arresting manner. Called “Equanimity,” the pas de deux explores the...