South African Ambassador Martin Slabber met with PIDS President Gilberto Llanto to explore possible areas of collaboration with the South African Rese..

Days after President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act or the free tuition law, the UP System announced th..

The drums of federalism are beating more loudly and incessantly than ever. In fact, the timetable has been set — the resolution calling for a jo..

San Miguel Purefoods Co. Inc. (SMPCI) has decided to postpone the shipment of around 200 metric tons (MT) of chicken products to Japan, after the gove..

The government is alarmed by the rising tide of protectionism in the region in the form of nontariff barriers (NTBs), making it important for the Phil..

PIDS Book 2017-02: Building Inclusive Economies, Building a Better World: A Look at the APEC 2015 Priority Areas (Volume II) by Philippine Instit..

There’s no free lunch, but in the Philippines there’s free housing, education and, soon, free irrigation and tax-free incomes.Last week Pr..

More Filipinos will become food poor if they are not educated, unemployed, bereft of assets, live in conflict areas and those affected by weather dist..

Instead of weeping over the newly enacted law mandating free tuition and other related subsidies for students in the country’s 114 state univers..

Rody seems to have bit the bullet in signing the law on free tuition in public tertiary institutions against the advise of his economic managers due t..

Senator Loren Legarda today said that providing free tertiary education in public colleges and universities is the government's commitment to the peop..

Economists belonging to the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) joined calls for President Duterte to veto the proposed legislation to mandate free ..

The integration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should be able to address not only economic growth but also poverty an..

The Department of Foreign Affairs, as chair of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2015 National Organizing Council Committee on Host Economy..

Weather is an integral part of our life and weather shocks can have severe implications on income and household consumption. Given evidence that point..