THE COUNTRY’S growth outlook remains rosy given healthy demand and supply conditions, monetary authorities noted during a policy meeting last month.
Apr 242014
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Apr 242014
THE ASIAN Development Bank (ADB) announced yesterday that it is realigning operations to focus on poverty reduction, inclusive growth, and strengthening support for middle-income countries and the private sector.
Apr 232014
THE PHILIPPINES has secured a $150-million official development assistance (ODA) loan from the French government to support its local government decentralization efforts.
Apr 202014
THE GOVERNMENT’S debt payments declined by almost 70% in February as it settled less in interest and principal for its liabilities, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed.
Apr 202014
A ROADMAP detailing the country’s export strategy for the last three years of the Aquino administration is expected to be complete next month, officials of the private-public sector Export Development Council (EDC) said over the weekend.
Apr 202014
(Second in a five-part series) ANY SAVVY executive knows that a deal isn’t done until the money is in the bank. The same may be said for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), where negotiated tariff cuts are only meaningful when traders are able to use them.
Apr 152014
AGRICULTURAL export revenues soared 25.41% while the value of imports declined 4.49% in 2013, the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) reported on Monday.
Apr 152014
HAMBURG — A group of animal feed makers in the Philippines has purchased about 120,000 metric tons of soymeal in a tender for the same volume which closed last week but made no purchase in a tender for 134,500 MT of feed wheat, European traders said on Tuesday.
Apr 152014
DAVAO CITY — Cacao farmers in this city are cashing in on fermented dried cacao beans, whose price is about one-third more than that of beans dried traditionally.
Apr 132014
THE FINAL feasibility study for a mass transport system that will connect four business districts in Metro Manila is expected to be released in October, the head of state-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) said over the weekend.