According to the Heritage Foundation, which produces the Index of Economic Freedom, in partnership with Wall Street Journal, the Philippines’ score in the index has improved over time, with its monetary freedom and management of public finance considered “notable successes”. However, the Foundation listed rule of law and labor freedom as the country’s concerns. Here’s how the Philippines stacks up against the rest of Southeast Asia.

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Three decades of labor export

February 1, 2016 | 11:37 pm

Is autonomy crucial for development?

February 1, 2016 | 10:12 am

January inflation could have eased from December, year ago — poll

January 31, 2016 | 11:48 pm

By Melissa Luz T. Lopez, Reporter

INFLATION is expected to have eased last month from a year ago as record-low oil prices and spillover effects kept price increases of widely used goods benign, according to analysts polled by BusinessWorld late last week, with the rate expected to linger below the official target band targeted by the central bank.

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A fisherman’s tale: of resilience and disaster risk reduction

January 29, 2016 | 4:05 am

By Mozart Pastrano

But it was a sunny day. There were no dark clouds early that morning. The sea was not acting up at all. The night before, Felicisimo Ocbeña recalled, he had even brought out his motorboat and scoured through his usual fishing grounds. He caught plenty of red snappers. Today promised to be another good day despite all the talk about a coming typhoon. They said on radio and TV that it would be a strong typhoon, but Ocbeña could sniff no hint of danger in the air. Maybe the typhoon had come and gone without their knowing it. Maybe it had changed its course. Maybe it had slowed down. Maybe it was just like the other typhoons they were warned about before, Undang, Frank, nothing to worry about,

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Good times, bad times in Philippine economy

January 29, 2016 | 4:02 am

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