MANILA, Philippines - The Community Mortgage Program (CMP), a government financing scheme that enables organized informal settler families to purchase..

This is the highest rate registered since January of this year. Likewise, core inflation rate went up to 2.3 percent in September, from 2.0 percent l..

CEBU, Philippines - Policy makers should not limit their concepts of resilience to natural disasters but they must also consider and plan for socio-po..

THE poor Filipinos of this country are so wealthy they are targeted to pay additional taxes. That is, if proposals at the 17th Congress are approved a..

LOCAL governments in Cebu should set up a reliable early warning system to better prepare their constituents in dealing with natural calamities, the r..

The government established the Community Mortgage Program (CMP), which is administered by the Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC), to enable inf..

A local think tank suggested the Philippines, with an already sophisticated labor pool, should consider moving from the low-cost manufacturing and ser..

An economic planner yesterday downplayed concerns raised by debt watcher Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services that predictability of policymak..

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – President Duterte said yesterday he is not worried about turning off European and American investors with his foul mou..

The Philippines remained vulnerable to natural hazards, which has exposed the country to yearly economic losses of $1.6 billion. According to policy t..

THE GOVERNMENT has put the damage caused by a recent dry spell at P15 billion, saying destruction to agricultural lands was not as bad as what was see..