President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. answers questions from the media after his first Cabinet meeting in Malacañan Palace, July 5. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ KRIZ JOHN ROSALESTHE Department of Trade and Industry said the Marcos administration is committed to signing up for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

A PROPOSAL to extend lowered tariffs for pork, rice, corn, and coal will temper the effects of surging inflation, the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) said.  Kristine F. Alcantara, FEF fellow, said during a hearing of the Tariff Commission (TC) on Wednesday that extending the

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said it rejected a petition to extend safeguard measures on cement imports after a finding of no “serious injury” to the domestic cement industry from the expiry of the measures.The DTI released on its website on Wednesday Department Administrative

PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS THE Philippine climate change mitigation effort will be borne largely by the private sector, the World Bank (WB) said in a report, adding that the absence of policies optimized for unlocking private investment could erode gross domestic product (GDP) by as much

PHILSTAR FILE PHOTOA SUBSTITUTE bill setting the terms for the condonation of debt taken on by agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARB) was approved in committee on Wednesday.The substitute measure allows for the condonation of all unpaid amortization and interest, including penalties and surcharges, on loans obtained

PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCASHOUSEHOLD spending growth in the Philippines is likely to settle into a 5.1% average in the 2023-2026 period, slowing from the estimated 7.6% this year, Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research said.In a Nov. 8 report, Fitch Solutions said household spending

MAYNILAD Water Services, Inc. is planning to invest P163 billion over the next five years on infrastructure projects to improve services and keep pace with population growth and climate change.In a statement, Maynilad Chief Operating Officer Randolph T. Estrellado said P101 billion will be allotted

Registered business enterprises (RBEs) in the Information Technology – Business Process Management (IT-BPM) industry are swiftly signing up to transfer their registration to the Board of Investments (BoI) in order to continue offering work-from-home (WFH) arrangements to their workers without losing their incentives. A big thanks

COLLEGE of St. Benilde coach Charles Tiu yesterday said they are mulling filing a case against JRU’s John Amores for attacking and hitting several of his players. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ RUSSELL PALMAGames Tomorrow(Filoil EcoOil Centre)12 p.m. — CSB vs UPHSD3 p.m. — JRU vs SSC-RTHE

AHMED bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar, general view inside the stadium ahead of the World Cup. — REUTERSSEPP Blatter, the president of FIFA when the organization selected Qatar in 2010 to host the upcoming World Cup (WC), now says the choice was a “mistake.”Mr. Blatter made the comments in

CIGNAL HD SPIKERS — PVLGames Today(Smart Araneta Coliseum)2:30 p.m. — Cignal vs Petro Gazz5:30 p.m. — Akari vs PLDTPETRO Gazz and Cignal try to bolster their bid for a semifinal berth as they face off today in the Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference at the