The Philippines is likely to tap the US credit market anew next year as it sees possible opportunities to diversify its sources of funding, according to US investment bank J.P Morgan.
Philippines ranks second in Asean stat race
The Philippines maintained its position as second in Southeast Asia in the World Bank’s Statistical Performance Indicators (SPI) for 2023. The latest SPI showed the Philippines’ overall score improved …
World Bank urges Philippines to empower LGUs
Empowering local government units (LGUs) is crucial to the development of human capital in the Philippines and attaining the goal of becoming a middle-class society by 2040, according to the World …
Indonesia’s Prabowo to press on with 12% tax on goods & services, but will exempt some staple items
Indonesia’s Value-Added Tax (VAT), the equivalent to Singapore’s Goods and Services Tax (GST), is slated to hit 12 per cent at the start of 2025, matching it with the Philippines as the highest in …
Indonesia’s Prabowo to press on with 12% tax on goods & services, but will exempt some staple items
Indonesia’s Value-Added Tax (VAT), the equivalent to Singapore’s Goods and Services Tax (GST), is slated to hit 12 per cent at the start of 2025, matching it with the Philippines as the highest in …
The Philippines is going all-in on transition minerals and endangering Indigenous lands
A new report from Global Witness, an international human rights advocacy group, says that increasing demand for transition minerals necessary for green energy are putting Indigenous peoples, like the …
Analysis: Hopes for food and agriculture finance fall on stoney ground in Baku
On November 16, as COP29 was getting under way in Azerbaijan, Typhoon Usagi was making landfall in the Philippines, one of an unprecedented six tropical storms to strike the country that month.
China says Philippines has ‘provoked trouble’ in South China Sea with US backing
China accused the Philippines on Friday of having “provoked trouble” in the South China Sea with U.S. backing, a week after Beijing and Manila traded accusations over a new confrontation in the …
Defense experts predict Philippines will join future Yama Sakura military drills
The Philippines will soon become a full participant in annual Yama Sakura warfighting drills involving U.S., Japanese and Australian ground forces, according to defense experts. The Philippine navy, on Thursday, posted photos on social media of Filipino …
Filipina on Indonesia death row says planned transfer to the Philippines a ‘miracle’
JAKARTA – A Filipina inmate on death row in Indonesia said on Dec 13 her planned transfer to the Philippines was a “miracle”, in her first interview since Manila and Jakarta signed an agreement last …