NFA-7 assures sufficiency of rice stocks in Central Visayas

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 09/06/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An official from the National Food and Authority in Central Visayas (NFA-7) said that there is  sufficient supply of NFA rice ready in case of calamities or disaster. “We assure the public that…

Compliance with rice price ceiling still low

Dexter Cabalza, Inquirer Bureaus, Jordeene B. Lagare 09/06/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Retail prices of rice in Metro Manila started to decline on Tuesday, the first day the price ceiling on the Filipino staple food took effect, according to a monitoring conducted by the Department of…

Philippine inflation rose to 5.3% in August

Ronnel W. Domingo 09/05/2023

MANILA  -Headline inflation revved up to 5.3 percent in August, after waning throughout the previous six months, bringing the average since January to 6.6 percent, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. The result for August is closer…

House sets P2-billion aid to ease impact of rice price cap

Jerome Aning, Julie Aurelio 09/05/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives is earmarking P2 billion to ease the impact of the price ceiling on rice on retailers who bought their stocks above the cap of P41 a kilogram for regular-milled and…

Fuel prices in 6 gas stations in Cebu City as of August 15: Gasoline, diesel prices continue to go up

Niña Mae Oliverio and Emmariel Ares 08/16/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Motorists will continue to bear the brunt of another price increase on fuel this week, which has been hiked again and this time by up to P2.50 per liter effective Tuesday, August 15.…

Democratizing the economy

Cielito F. Habito - @inquirerdotnet 07/18/2023

The Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) Company used to have a monopoly on telephone services, and Philippine Airlines (PAL) on domestic airline services in the country. It took over six years from when my wife filed an…

FUEL PRICES: Diesel and kerosene increase, gasoline slightly down

Meg J. Adonis 07/10/2023

MANILA  -Pump prices of petroleum products will have mixed movements on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, according to local oil firms. In separate advisories, the oil companies said they would raise the price of diesel by 75 centavos…

PH inflation further eased to 5.4% in June

Ronnel W. Domingo 07/05/2023

MANILA  -Inflation in the Philippines eased for the fifth consecutive month in June to 5.4 percent, the lowest in 13 months,  according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. This brought the average inflation rate in the first semester…

Study shows 130 countries exploring central bank digital currencies

06/29/2023

LONDON – A total of 130 countries representing 98% of the global economy are now exploring digital versions of their currencies, with almost half in advanced development, pilot or launch stages, a closely-followed study shows. The research…

The end of revenge spending

Cielito F. Habito - @inquirerdotnet 06/13/2023

As expected, the economy grew at a significantly slower pace in the first quarter of this year (6.4 percent) than it did a year ago (8.3 percent). There are several reasons for this. On the production or…

PH needs more cybersecurity professionals as criminals start to target ‘critical infra’ 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/08/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Should cyber attacks hit all critical infrastructure, revenue losses in the Philippines could reach as high as P6.15 billion per day.  And this is why cybersecurity experts urged stakeholders, including the government, to…

Bongbong Marcos issues EO forming inter-agency body to address inflation

Faith Argosino 05/28/2023

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has issued an executive order (EO) on the formation of an inter-agency committee, which will be tasked to address inflation and boost the country’s economy, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO)…

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