The Bureau of Customs’ recent takedown of a multi-billion‑peso illicit tobacco manufacturing and smuggling operation brings to mind the Senate hearings I attended on imposing tobacco sin taxes. I was ...

Countries that depend on imported fertilizers—such as the Philippines—faced higher costs for these essential agricultural inputs last year, according to a 2025 report from the World Bank, the US-based ...

Infrastructure serves as the first impression and the lasting legacy of a nation’s economic health. As we welcome our ASEAN neighbors, the government is showcasing a country that is both integrated ...

YOU wake up with good intentions. You plan to eat better, respond calmly, and finally start that task you have been avoiding. But by midday, you feel oddly drained, impatient and unfocused. Somehow, ...

AS the government braces for the economic impact of the volatile Middle East situation, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) raised the threshold for cash withdrawals that would trigger enhanced due diligence ...

THE national government closed 2025 with its budget deficit slightly exceeding its target at P1.576 trillion, as it missed ...

THE continued resilience of the Philippines’s electronics shipments alongside diversified market exposure could help cushion ...

THE Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (Opapru) on Tuesday lauded the Senate for approving the bill resetting the first regular elections in the Bangsamoro ...

THE Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (Opapru) on Tuesday lauded the Senate for approving the bill resetting the first regular elections in the Bangsamoro ...

PROLONGED escalation of Middle East tensions following a United States airstrike on Iran could ripple through the Philippine farm sector, putting pressure on prices of imported commodities, the ...

WHILE maintaining optimism, Energy chief Sharon Garin on Tuesday said her office is preparing for the worst by drawing up ...