HSBC sees Philippines remaining ‘resilient’ as growth slows to 4.4%
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HSBC Holdings PLC said on Thursday that it expects Philippine growth to remain “resilient” even as it slows to 4.4% in 2023. “We…
ERC cites rate reviews, CSP revision as 2023 priorities
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ROBERT LINDER-UNSPLASH THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said its 2023 priorities are reviewing distribution utility (DU) and transmission rates, as well as…
Fintech company JustPayto tapped for MSME digital payment system
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JUSTPAY.TO THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said it signed a partnership deal with financial tech firm JustPayto Philippines Corp. to…
Stocks rise on slower-than-expected inflation
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BW FILE PHOTO STOCKS continued to rally on Thursday as December inflation came in below market expectations despite picking up from the…
Peso rebounds on Dec. inflation data, Fed minutes
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ WALTER BOLLOZOS THE PESO rebounded against the dollar on Thursday on slower-than-expected December inflation and following the release of the…
Marcos: China wants compromise to ease South China Sea tensions
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OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY By Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza and Alyssa Nicole O. Tan, Reporters CHINESE President Xi Jinping has vowed…
Philippine police chief quits amid call to rid ranks of drug scalawags
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PHILIPPINE STAR/MIGUEL ANTONIO DE GUZMAN By John Victor D. Ordoñez, Reporter THE PHILIPPINES’ national police chief on Thursday quit his job after…
Cops in drug trade an ‘open secret’ — Barbers
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PHIIPPINE STAR/ EDD GUMBAN THE INVOLVEMENT of some law enforcers in the illegal drug trade has been an “open secret,” said Surigao…
Solons seek probe on possible ‘manipulation’ in onion market price
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AUTHORITIES seized over 1,000 sacks of illegally imported white onions in Divisoria, Manila on Dec. 2 amid high retail prices of red…
Brooke’s Point, Palawan flooded anew; almost 2,000 families evacuated
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BROOKES POINT MUNICIPAL INFORMATION OFFICE ALMOST 2,000 families in Brooke’s Point, still reeling from flash floods due to rains in late December,…