Cebu City, Cebu — Despite efforts to position the Philippines as a preferred medical tourism destination in Asia, the country still lags behind othe..

Imbes na makabuti, lalo raw nakakasama sa mga karaniwang manggagawa ang pagkakaroon ng minimum wage. Ito ang lumabas sa pag-aaral ng Philippine Instit..

With only a few weeks before Labor Day, militant labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) pushed for the passage of a bill that seeks to increase workersâ€..

ECONOMIC GROWTH could hit 6.6% this year, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) estimates, with construction to get a boost from pos..

MANILA - The Philippine economy is likely to grow at the lower end of the government target for this year, according to a state-run think tank. In a ..

The poverty situation in the country did not significantly improve despite of the six-percent economic growth posted from 2003 to 2006. This was rev..

THE Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is pushing for a comprehensive review and amendment of the Philippine Cabotage Law to bring in..

High local shipping costs may be attributed to the absence of competition in the local shipping industry, thus the need for a comprehensive review and..

The Philippines should implement strong medium-term structural reforms to ensure growth even during a very destructive calamities, according to an exp..

SINGAPORE -- Both the public and private sectors have to address certain challenges to maximize the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) ..

According to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the country’s gross international reserves (GIR) reached US$79.6 billion as of end-March 20..

MAKATI CITY, March 31 -- The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) continues its research dissemination effort through a Seminar-Forum o..

MANILA, Philippines - State think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is pushing for a comprehensive review and amendment of the ..

RESIDENT Aquino’s much ballyhooed rice self-sufficiency policy is a failed policy. It’s fairly obvious that the country didn’t become self-suffi..