Tag: economic growth
Govt infrastructure spending to exceed 2023 target
Driven by the government's “Build, Better, More” program, infrastructure spending is expected to exceed the government's target this year,
Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation chief economist Michael...
Lapu Lapu City eyeing monorail system
The historical city of Lapu-Lapu is eyeing a monorail or light rail transit (LRT) structure to boost its mass transport system.
This, as economic activities driven by...
Speaker Romualdez assures Fil-Am community of unwavering support
SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin Romualdez assured the Filipino-American community of the unwavering support of the House of Representatives to President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. and...
Ayala Land ready to help govt in infra development
Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) is willing to work with the government to further boost infrastructure development in the country.
During the company’s virtual annual stockholders...
Indian businessmen seek more partners in Ilocos Norte
Officials of leading business companies in India visited the province of Ilocos Norte on Monday to establish linkages with the local government and business...
Fitch Solutions sees another rate hike by BSP
Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research forecasts another 25 basis points hike in the central bank’s key rates in May, seen as the...
BSP sees no negative impact on economy from rate hikes
The sustained hikes in the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) key rates are not expected to negatively impact domestic growth this year, Bangko Sentral...
Moody’s Analytics sees continued rate hikes in PH
Monetary authorities in the Philippines will continue to raise interest rates given the elevated inflation in the country, according to Moody’s Analytics.
In a commentary dated March 20, 2023,...
DICT, looking at possible extension of SIM registration
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Thursday admitted of a possible extension in the registration of the subscriber identification module (SIM)...
Increasing teenage pregnancies can derail economic growth
The high teenage pregnancies in the country now could lead to the creation of a population equivalent to two medium cities or ten municipalities,...
