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The government plan to slow down the country’s population growth rate should not rely on local government units (LGUs) because of their limited com..
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A leading economist predicted over the weekend that the inflation rate, which represents the increases in consumer prices, would top the 7.6-percent r..
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Senators want more time to scrutinize the lateral attrition bill, a major component of the P80-billion tax-reform package endorsed by Malacañan to Co..
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THE Commission on Population (Popcom) has warned that six cities in the country face the danger of draining their resources with the huge growth in th..
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As Asian economies continue to expand, Europe, the former colonial master of many countries in the region, is now willing to talk on equal footing wit..
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Six cities in the Philippines face the danger of strained resources as the number of people living there continue to increase yearly, warned the “Th..
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) _ The Philippine capital Manila is expected to climb from the 16th to the 12th largest city in the world by 2010, officials a..
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The fiscal crisis is weighing hard on the quality of education in the Philippines, economists say.
In explaining the real score behind the deepeni..
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An economist warned recently that the abolition of the oil deregulation law could create distortions in market prices and require huge funding from th..
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THE Philippines is not suffering a fiscal crisis, but it does have some serious problems, according to a former government official.
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Rarely, if ever, are we wrong; and while it would take only us to point it out, still we must admit that yesterday`s editorial might be premature to ..
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Congress is currently deliberating the consolidated bill “rationalizing” fiscal incentives in the Philippines as a way to address the fiscal cris..
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THE removal of quantitative restriction (QR) on rice is not propoor, a study from the Philippine Institute Development Studies said.
In a study ti..
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“Too many people doesn’t cause poverty; bad governance and policies do.”
Thus claimed a group of economists at the University of Asia and t..
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High oil prices and increases in electricity and water rates will continue to push up prices until the end of the year and inflation, with an average..
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