UPSE FB PAGE PHOTOLIFTING foreign ownership restrictions does not necessarily lead to increased foreign direct investment (FDI) or boost economic growth, according to a discussion paper published by the University of the Philippines School of Economics (UPSE).“Our objective was to address the assertion that lifting

CLARK International Airport Corp. (CIAC) said it will update the feasibility studies within the year for a food trading hub in Clark City, and expects to award the project to a private-sector partner by late 2025.The updating of (feasibility) studies will happen this year, as

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said the E-Commerce Philippines 2024-2028 Roadmap will focus on growing the e-commerce ecosystem in the tourism, creative, food and agribusiness, transportation, and logistics industries.In a statement, the DTI said the E-Commerce Promotion Council meeting it conducted on April

THE Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has approved a P3-billion loan for the construction of a new Mandaue City Hall.The building is expected to be eight storeys high and will have “green building features,” it said in a statement on Thursday.“It will be constructed

PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBANBy Beatriz Marie D. Cruz, ReporterTHE GOVERNMENT must enhance science education and review labor policies to suit the changing needs of the young workforce, analysts said.Leonardo A. Lanzona, an economics professor at the Ateneo De Manila, said the government, alongside the private sector,

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR. — PHILIPPINE STAR/RYAN BALDEMORPRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has banned sirens, blinkers and other signaling devices among state vehicles, saying these are a traffic hazard.Their use has been rampant, causing traffic disruptions and unsafe road and traffic environments, he

THE BRP SIERRA MADRE, a marooned transport ship which Philippine Marines live in as a military outpost, is pictured in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. — REUTERSA UNITED STATES security official on Thursday said Washington

By Chloe Mari A. Hufana and John Victor D. Ordoñez, Reporter PHILIPPINE jeepney drivers and operators on Thursday declared a transport strike across the country starting Monday to again oppose the government’s transport modernization program that will eventually phase out decrepit jeepneys. “The series of hearings on

House Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez — PHILIPPINE STAR/KRIZ JOHN ROSALESTHE TRILATERAL summit would result in deeper collaboration between the Philippines, the United States, and Japan, paving the way for regional stability and economic development, House Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez said on Thursday. “The

ARTHURHIDDEN-FREEPIKTHE ONSET of lung injury among the Filipino youth is cause for alarm, health experts said, as vape and e-cigarettes become more freely available in the market.The Philippines is at risk of developing a lung injury epidemic in the near future due to the increase