Integrating climate action into economic plan necessary: NEDA

MANILA – Integrating climate action into the country’s development plan now becomes a necessity amid impacts of climate change, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said. In...

PH, EU officials to tackle GSP+ status in Brussels this week

MANILA – Officials from the Philippines and the European Union (EU) will meet in Brussels, Belgium this week to discuss the status of the Philippines’ EU...

PH, France eye 10th JEC meeting in 2023

MANILA – The Philippines and France are postponing this year’s Joint Economic Committee (JEC) meeting initially set for the end of November, French Ambassador to the Philippines...

Gov’t firm on preventing PHP from touching 60-level: DOF

Budget deficit this financial year to be $36.9 billion

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said the budget bottom line will be more than $40 billion better over the four-year forward estimates in total than previously forecast....

Canada’s ‘royal prerogative’ allows it to wage war without parliamentary approval

Questions are being raised again about how the Canadian government makes decisions to use force or participate in armed conflicts, prompted by reports that special forces...

PCA urged to boost coconut oil production as prices seen to rise

MANILA – A lawmaker on Monday called on the Philippine Coconut Authority to boost coconut oil production and marketing as global spot prices of palm oil are...

New Bacolod business district to generate jobs, spur growth

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos on Sunday expressed confidence that the newly-inaugurated The Upper East in Bacolod City would generate more “quality jobs” that translate to...

Floods drive up fruit and veg prices, while energy costs will prolong high inflation

Fruit and vegetable prices are expected to be 8% higher than they would have been over the December and March quarters as a result of the...

Employers can’t fill vacancies, but many do surprisingly little to help workers return after a long illness

The UK was supposed to be facing a spike in unemployment after the pandemic furlough schemes ended, but instead the job market is the tightest in...