Philippine inflation cools to 0.9% as rice prices drop
July’s figure was the softest since October 2019, when inflation stood at 0.6 percent.
Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral
Trade deals boosting risk appetite in Asia, including the Philippines
The new US import tariff on goods from Asian countries like the Philippines suggests that US President Donald Trump may be taking a “relatively more moderate form” of trade…
Philippines making more hazardous waste; government can’t build enough disposal sites
Latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed the country generated 269,552 tons of hazardous waste (garbage that is harmful to health or the environment), like oil…
Philippines to adopt OECD cryptocurrency tax framework
The full implementation of the globally accepted blueprint is targeted by 2028.
Philippines exits EU ‘high-risk’ dirty money list
The bloc said the updated list takes into account the work of the Financial Action Task Force, which removed the Philippines from its list of jurisdictions under increased…
Amid tariff war, Philippines faces flood of Chinese imports
In a special report that analyzed 45 countries, Japanese investment bank Nomura said economies that experienced large increases in their shares of imports from China are generally…
$283.7M in ‘hot money’ fled Philippines in January
Flighty foreign funds continued to leave the Philippines in January, as the release of disappointing economic growth data at the time weighed on the minds of investors who were…
Thailand’s plan to legalise casinos big threat to Philippine gaming sector
Among the steps being taken by the Philippine Gaming and Amusement Corp. are improvements in the regulatory environment in order to attract more investments.
Philippine manufacturing performance hits 7-year best
The typical surge in demand during the holiday season helped local manufacturers cap 2024 on a positive note, with the sector’s health reaching its best shape in over seven…
IMF sees 36% of Philippines jobs eased or displaced by AI
The Washington-based institution estimated that 36 percent of jobs in the country are “highly exposed” to AI, which can either replace human workers or “complement“ tasks…