The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is drafting guidelines which will ensure the consistency and uniformity of sustainability measures that will be reported by listed Philippine companies.
Expensive vegetable, rice, and transport costs pushed up the country’s headline inflation rate to 5.3 percent in August 2023, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
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Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), the country’s leading infrastructure investments company, and Hartasuma Sdn Bhd, the forefront in integrated rolling stock and rail services provider in Malaysia, have announced a significant collaboration...
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said the government will tap the P6.4-billion sustainable livelihood program (SLP) fund of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to provide aid to small-scale rice retailers affected by the price cei...
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will shift to a variable-rate format with a predetermined offer volume in the auction for the overnight reverse repurchase (RRP) facility this week.
MOODY’S Analytics expects the country’s inflation rate to average 4.8 percent in August, faster than the actual rate of increase in commodity prices in July.
THE House of Representatives is working closely with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to allocate P2 billion in cash assistance for retailers affected by the rice price ceiling imposed by the Palace, Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romua...
WILLIAM Cunado, the former Director of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), has not officially resigned, and neither did he officially file his retirement, a source said.
THE Philippines issued over 2,000 sanitary and phytosanitary import clearances (SPSICs) for the importation of close to 2 million metric tons (MMT) of rice in the past two months to plug the shortfall in its local supply.
A MIGRANT advocate group has vowed to continue its protest against the new controversial travel requirements of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (Iacat) until it is finally scrapped.
TRADE and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual encouraged businesses present at the 43rd Asean summit to invest in the downstream processing of nickel, among others, noting that it is part of the Philippines’s “strategic” approach to enable the count...
Business and government must understand how sustainability requirements filter down throughout companies and government operations. Please allow me to highlight a few areas for your considerations.