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Galvez: Bloomberg may have gotten resilience data wrong

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 11:03 PM

National task force head Carlito Galvez Jr. said the Philippines' response to the COVID-19 pandemic has improved in multiple sectors. Read more »

PH places last again in COVID resilience ranking

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 30 08:55 PM

Bloomberg’s COVID Resilience Index for November ranked the Philippines as 53rd in a list of 53 countries based how effectively they are handling the virus. Read more »

NEDA unveils own scorecard for pandemic response

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 22 05:49 PM

The government unveiled its own scorecard for gauging the effectiveness of its COVID-19 pandemic response after getting dismal rankings in global pandemic indexes. Read more »

PCCI releases 'wishlist' for remainder of Duterte admin

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Posted at Nov 17 04:04 PM

PCCI released on Wednesday its "wish list" of policies for the remaining months of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

PSA says delivery of national ID facing delays

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 12 01:06 PM

The Philippine Statistics Authority is asking for the understanding of the public as the delivery of the PhilSys national ID faces delays. Read more »

Philippine GDP likely return to pre-pandemic level by 2022

Warren De Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 01:57 PM

The Philippine economy is seen to return to its pre-pandemic level as early as early the first quarter of 2022, NEDA Secretary Karl Chua said Tuesday. Read more »

Inflation slows down to 4.6 percent in October

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Updated as of Nov 05 10:59 AM

Inflation eased to a 3-month low of 4.6 percent in October despite high fuel prices, the state statistics bureau said on Friday. Read more »

4.25 milyong Pinoy walang trabaho noong Setyembre: PSA

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Posted at Nov 04 07:46 PM

Ibig sabihin, may 4.25 milyong Pilipino ang walang trabaho noong Setyembre, mula 3.88 milyon noong Agosto. Read more »

Joblessness in farms also due to imports: Agri group

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 03:45 PM

Poultry farmers said the spike in the unemployment rate in agriculture was also due to the government’s policies promoting the importation of meat Read more »

Businesses hope Alert Level 3 won't go beyond Nov. 15

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Posted at Oct 29 03:35 PM

Business owners in NCR are "willing to accept" the extension of Alert Level 3 in the region but this should not go beyond Nov. 15. Read more »

Economy to gain P3.6B per week if NCR eases to Alert Level 2: NEDA

Bruce Rodriguez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 06:17 PM

The economy could regain billions of pesos and thousands of jobs per week if Metro Manila and other areas are placed under the more relaxed Alert Level 2 restriction, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua said Thursday. Read more »

Lack of face-to-face classes impacted economy: NEDA

Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 05:28 PM

Besides the restrictions on business activities, the lack of face-to-face classes also affected the country’s economy, Sec. Karl Chua said. Read more »

Senate panel OKs P14.12 billion NEDA 2022 budget

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 02:52 PM

The Senate sub-committee on Finance on Wednesday approved the proposed 2022 budget of the National Economic and Development Authority pegged at P14.12 billion. Read more »

Alert level system iminungkahing ipatupad sa ibang rehiyon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 30 07:19 PM

Naniniwala si Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Chua na dapat nang pairalin sa ibang rehiyon ang alert level system. Read more »

NEDA: PH recovery from pandemic to cost over P41-T

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 11:59 PM

The Philippines is estimated to be losing P41 trillion due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

DOT looking at Thai 'sandbox' model for reopening travel

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 03:56 PM

The Department of Tourism is looking at Thailand’s model for reopening to foreign travelers, as the Philippines seeks to restart its tourism sector. Read more »

Philippines’ growth for 2021-22 ‘encouraging’: NEDA

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Updated as of Sep 08 01:58 PM

The economy's performance this year and next year remains 'encouraging’, Socioeconomic Planning Sec. Karl Chua said on Wednesday. Read more »

PH growth target lowered to 4-5 pct amid Delta lockdowns

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 18 06:21 PM

Philippine economic managers have again lowered the growth target for 2021 due to the effects of the pandemic. Read more »

The Infrastructure Illusion

Dean Dela Paz
Posted at Aug 18 02:10 AM

To establish infrastructure accomplishments against GDP in time for 2022 is illusional. Note the actual data. Read more »

NEDA: ECQ to cost Philippine economy P150 billion per week

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Updated as of Aug 07 04:35 AM

Chua said the lockdown will affect "more than 600 thousand workers and will increase the number of the poor by about 250,000." Read more »