Plenary debates over the Reproductive Health (RH) bill at the House of Representatives went out of control as these touched on other issues that inclu..

House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman justified Wednesday the need for a reproductive health law by citing the rising unemployment figures in the countr..

The monthly average peso-dollar exchange rate slightly went down to 43.2402 in April from 43.5160 in March. The revenue collections reached P138...

Malacanang is still not keen on imposing new taxes this year, even though a state-funded think tank has recommended that the government should immedi..

MANILA, Philippines - Implementing new taxes will only be Malacanang`s last resort in generating additional revenues, Presidential Communications Dev..

MANILA, Philippines - If the government fails to legislate new tax measures in 2012, state think tank Philippine Institute of Development Studies (P..

MANILA, Philippines - Despite the national government’s resolve to stay within its 7% growth target this year, state think tank Philippine Institut..

MANILA, Philippines - Despite the national government`s resolve to stay within its 7% growth target this year, state think tank Philippine Institute..

THE ECONOMY will likely slow this year, a government think tank yesterday said, as it called for increased focus on investments, revenues and poverty..

The gross domestic product is expected to grow by 5.9 percent this year due to a recovery in the agriculture sector continued robust growth in manufac..

ANNUAL INFLATION accelerated to 4.3% in February -- its fastest pace since May last year -- amid rising food and oil prices, the government reported o..

The study recently released by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), “Linking Poverty and the Environment: Evidence from Slums ..

An international trade strategy expert has urged government to revive private investment to stem the peso appreciation that puts exporters and domesti..

A recent policy note published by the Philippine Institute for Developmental Studies (PIDS) approximates that the economic cost of disasters in the Ph..

WITH slums in Metro Manila growing at 8 percent per year, a study released by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) showed that thi..