The lack of strong competition in the Philippines is discouraging the growth of new businesses and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country...

A group of progressive lawmakers have called for the suspension of the government subsidy for the hybrid rice seeds program of the Department of Agric..

Less political uncertainties and relatively stable global oil prices will likely drive the economy to grow at a faster pace this year, government thin..

THE government has placed the development of small and medium enterprises among the top projects it will finance in the first six months of the year. ..

THEY say most successes are built on multitudes of failures. This is why Malacanang is pushing through with its multimillion-peso hybrid rice program ..

Economy regains momentum as GDP accelerates to 6.1 percent during fourth quarter 2005 from 5.3 percent in the same quarter in 2004. The year 2006 ..

After the 780-million-peso fertilizer fund mess, the Senate is now set to probe government`s Hybrid Rice Commercialization (HRC) Program. The Senate o..

For the time being, the ever-looming fiscal crisis in the Philippines appears to have been alleviated by the sacrifices, hard work and resulting reco..

The year-on-year headline inflation rate in the Philippines decelerated to 6.6 percent in December from 7.1 percent in November. The national emp..

"The ASEAN picture is mixed in terms of international competitiveness, and it might be difficult -- although possible -- to prescribe uniform policie..

The Phil. Peso shows signs of recovery as the monthly average exchange rate went down to P54.561 in November from P55.708 in October. The headlin..

Composite Index at 1960.22 for the month of October. This is higher compared to September`s 1942.07 Value of Production Index(VaPI) for the manuf..

The monthly average exchange rate went up to 56.156 pesos per US dollar, the highest average for the year 2005. The year-on-year headline infla..

The government is not ready to face other countries in negotiating terms favorable for the country in bilateral trade deals accurding to a study by t..

he government`s lack of concrete development plans and targets is hampering efforts to promote the Philippines as an alternative health tourism desti..