The Philippines' lower parliamentary house on Friday approved the 2021 budget, after a leadership row nearly derailed debates on the spending plan aimed at helping the economy recover from the ...

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday called a special session of parliament for Oct. 13-16 to finalise a 4.5 trillion peso ($93 billion) budget for next year to help the battered economy ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine economy is expected to post over six percent growth this year with lower inflation and interest rates to support consumption and investments, according to an ...

If you look at Southeast Asia, COVID-19 cases in the Philippines are surging ahead of most other parts of the region. The surge has come despite weeks of stay-at-home orders. That lockdown devastated ...

Philippine aspirations to hit upper-middle-income country status were derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but economic planners remain optimistic that this target can be achieved by 2025. If a new era ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ widening corruption scandal is unlikely to cause a lasting impact on economic growth, but risks are rising that the Marcos administration could resort to ...