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PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Monday signed into law a bill that will triple the state budget for rice competitiveness to P30 billi..

UNITED STATES presidential elections, policy rate cuts, and reserve requirement ratio’s (RRR) reduction rocked the Philippines’ financial ..

AS THE COUNTRY embraces the digital revolution, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its banking operations shows significant advancements for t..

The Philippine economy is expected to remain resilient in 2024 and 2025, driven by strong domestic consumption, infrastructure development and a growi..

WHEN is actually the best time to suspend classes? The Department of Education’s (DepEd) Order 37 serves as the basis for automatic class suspe..

A study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) reveals severe gaps in early childhood development (ECD) in the Philippines, highli..

MANILA, Philippines —  More short-term funds left the Philippines in October, snapping three straight months of inflows, as global economic..

The government has designated the “Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program” as a flagship program, a timely intervention that could help improve read..

DURING a disaster, women are often at greater risk of gender-based violence due to pre-existing inequalities exacerbated by crisis, according to Jean ..

THE Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), through its Socioeconomic Research Portal for the Philippines (SERP-P), has expanded its reac..

Midway through the Millennium Development Goals initiative by the United Nations, the Philippines introduced a conditional cash transfer program aimed..

A recent study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revealed that, despite efforts to promote financial literacy across various sectors, investmen..

The recent conference hosted by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Sou..

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano has reiterated his call to address the issue of stunting among Filipino children, emphasizing the importance of early inte..

CASH remittances sent by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the first three quarters of 2024 reached $25.23 billion, up 3 percent from the $24.49 bil..