Making inroads in today’s most popular poll slogan needs lots of reform. Ending poverty is today`s most popular election slogan. But wait till the ..

WHILE agricultural growth can be achieved by the expansion of agricultural area and input intensification, growth through the improvement in productiv..

THE state think tank Philippine Institute of Development Studies (PIDS) said barangays should also consider helping in growing the economy if only wit..

BARANGAYS, being the closest level of government to the people, should play a crucial role in the economic development of the Philippines.However, a ..

Speaking of the economy, the third installment of the ongoing “e-Leksyon 2010 Voter Empowerment” series focused on the Philippine economy and its ..

DESPITE the worsening El Niño weather phenomenon, state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) forecast a gross domestic pro..

THE World Bank warned of a rise in the incidence of hunger in the Philippines because of the lingering El Niño.The nation’s poor households could b..

The economy will grow by 4 percent this year as the world recovers from the global economic crisis, high election-related spending, expected increase..

Today is a historic day.This is how President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo started her message to Congress for the P1.541-trillion 2010 budget.

The Millennium Declaration — signed by 189 member-states of the United Nations in 2000 — is certainly being taken seriously by that body. Soon aft..

It is no surprise that the Philippines under President Arroyo is again still in the bottom list of corrupt economies.

A government think tank worries that the series of natural and economic calamities that visited the country last year has led to an increase in poor ..

January 1 marked the implementation of the China-Asean Free Trade Agreement (Cafta) simultaneous with the setting up of the Asean Economic Community (..

Given the ongoing world economic recovery, the Philippines is poised for a better 2010 but risks remain, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said. ADB, i..

Even as most pundits are happily forecasting recovery, the US job losses in December remind policymakers that hopes for a vigorous upswing may be prem..