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Income hits $3,000 but 10m still starve
Per capita income in the Philippines is expected to top $3,000 in nominal terms for the first time in 2015,...
MetroPac seeks Calax partner
Conglomerate Metro Pacific Investments Corp. may sell at least 20 percent of its equity in the new tollway unit that...
PSA says country’s rice stocks sufficient for 93 days
The Philippines has sufficient rice stocks for three months, but the government authorized the importation of more rice from Asian...
Inflation remains manageable–BSP
INFLATION will remain manageable in 2015 and 2016 despite the impact of the El Niño phenomenon, which is seen to...
Import pre-inspection pushed
The Federation of the Philippine Industries has backed the proposal of of former Customs commissioner Titus Villanueva to implement the...
2 more firms get warning from SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission has cautioned the public from investing and dealing in two companies that are not authorized...
Small Asian firms tapping online tools
Businesses from Vietnam to the Philippines are turning small budgets and traffic jams to their advantage by harnessing employees’ familiarity...
Philam appoints Bromley as CEO
Philippine American Life and General Insurance Co., or Philam Life, announced the election of J. Axel Bromley as its new...
Salceda cites gains, vows transformation of Albay
LEGAZPI CITY--Albay has significantly liberated itself from helplessness and self-pity and freed itself from debilitating hopelessness, and resolved to march...
World Bank: Economy stable
The Philippines has achieved economic stability despite the disappointing 5.2-percent gross domestic product growth in the first quarter of 2015,...
Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.