The Economy

ECONOMY STILL DEPENDENT ON PEOPLE’S SPENDING

ADB’s Asian Development Outlook 2018 report released April 11, 2018, projects 6.8 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for 2018, faster than the 6.7 percent rate in 2017. The economy will grow further, by 6.9 […]

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COOPERATE, COORDINATE AND COLLABORATE

By PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE (Speech delivered during the opening ceremonies of the BOAO Forum for Asia at the BFA International Convention Center, Hainan, China, April 10, 2018) His Excellency President Xi Jinping and Madame […]

Government

A GENERAL’S DISRUPTION

As director general of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority, Brigadier Gen. Charito “Ching” B. Plaza is, in effect, trying to reinvent the wheel, or to put it mildly in today’s lingua franca, disrupting a successful […]

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BITCOIN, BLOCKCHAIN AND EMERGING CURRENCIES

Global experts in the field of cryptocurrency, blockchain technology and financial technology believe that the Philippines is at the cusp of being crypto-powered and could soon be the next fintech hub in Southeast Asia. The […]