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Listening to our President’s one hour and some State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday, I realized that there were a lot of things that I was..

The national government’s spending for agriculture is skewed heavily toward the rice sector, according to a study released by the Philippine Institu..

Sergio Ortiz-Luis, chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) said President Aquino missed the chance to talk about mining to ..

President Aquino announced that the government is expanding the coverage of the Conditional Cash-Transfer (CCT) Program to include children aged up to..

The government may well have to subsidize health insurance for kids below five years old since they are the most vulnerable among those not currently ..

The Pantawid program is able to hit its target consistently because it is the only government program that operates with a National Household Targetin..

Banks and the big companies can increase their profits without hiring more people or increasing the number of people in factories. If you really want ..

More thoughtful people outside government are not as enthusiastic. In a study released this week, Dr. Celia Reyes of the Philippine Institute for Deve..

Launched in 2007, the conditional cash transfer program gives conditional cash grants to indigent families who have kids ages 14 years old and below. ..

A paper titled “Strengthening Social Protection in the Philippines,” authored by PIDS Senior Fellow Celia Reyes, said the wages received by high-s..

A FORMER deputy director-general of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has taken over the leadership of a government think tank. A..

The national government aims to have the Industry Development Council (IDC) up and running by the first quarter of 2014, according to the Department o..

"This is important, not only to enable our industries to take advantage of the opportunities and face the challenges that would arise from the ASEAN (..

The Philippines will launch next month the long-awaited Manufacturing Industry Roadmap that will help local industries boost their competitiveness ahe..

The manufacturing roadmap jointly formulated by the government and the private sector will be made public next month, with its initial phase to be imp..