Blaming rice cartels for price manipulation cannot be considered a definitive explanation of last year's rice price hike. Sharp drop in imports is a m..

Recovery in the European Union (EU) will boost the Philippine economy given strong trade and investment relations between the two. In a recent forum ..

The Philippines has vast potentials to be the heart of services trade in Asia Pacific. A study authored by Dr. Ramonette Serafica, research consultan..

The Philippine services sector needs an articulated and comprehensive national strategy to maximize its potentials as a growth engine for the economy...

A competition policy for the rice and passenger transport sector is needed to encourage innovation and prevent cartels. This was stressed in a natio..

The ASEAN Economic Integration (AEC) offers immense business opportunities that both the government and the private sector must exploit to fully benef..

A `technology-explicit` development agenda is needed to increase productivity and foster inclusive growth, according to one of the country`s top scien..

Engineer Florencio Padernal was appointed administrator of the problematic National Irrigation Authority just last month but his office's P1-billion 2..

MANILA, Philippines — Opposition Senator JV Ejercito sought to verify the claims of President Benigno Aquino III but the President’s allies came p..

TO further sustain its earlier gains in corn self-sufficiency for animal feedlot, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is now eyeing a more vigorous pro..

Increasing East Asian economic integration impelled the country to enter into bilateral and regional free trade agreements (FTAs) to overcome barriers..

CEBU, Philippines - A study conducted by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies recommended that the country should implement reforms to fa..

IF the Philippines abandons its aim to achieve rice self-sufficiency, the government can have more financial room to strengthen other commodities wher..

It was supposed to speed up the disbursement of state monies for high-impact projects that have been badly needed by the people. Yet while there are g..

The Philippine Institute Development Studies (PIDS) has urged the government to implement reforms to facilitate the expansion of labor-intensive manuf..