Economic outlook - Matches

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is making an inventory of government reservations that have not been used for the last 30 years to heed a dire..

Bolstering the role of women in the workplace has become a global issue as gender inequality continues to be a critical economic challenge. The popul..

Bills on federalism and rice tariffication are a priority in President Rodrigo Duterte’s legislative agenda for the third regular session of the..

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has sought the support of the country’s eminent economists to help government craft a more equitable corp..

A number of amendments to the Constitution to shift to a federal form of government may weaken democracy, former chief justice Hilario Davide said Wed..

Political time is always short. The time required to undertake reform is always long. The misfortune lies in that mismatch. Few doubt President Duter..

ocal government units (LGUs) may go bankrupt should the country adopt the Consultative Committee’s (ConCom) proposal to have 18 federal regions ..

The Department of Finance (DOF) has urged economists to support the second package of the Duterte administration’s Comprehensive Tax Reform Prog..

President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to call on Congress to approve the proposed federal charter and other measures such as rice tarrification in his..

FEDERALISM could mean more taxes and more borrowings or both, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Wednesday as he stressed that charter..

No re-election for Duterte If the Senate will not agree to postpone next year’s elections, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and his allies may initiat..

'Our budget would remain the same,' claims Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, in response to Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia's ass..

Malacañang on Wednesday stressed that the proposed shift to federalism would not adversely affect the economy, after the country’s socioe..

The Senate needs a united stand against moves that it and the House of Representatives vote jointly on a report of a Malacanang-created Consultative C..

I have been asked what I thought of the recent trust and satisfaction surveys of Pulse Asia and Social Weather Stations (SWS). Being from Mindanao, I&..