‘Strong’ peso, weak economy

Cielito F. Habito - @inquirerdotnet 09/22/2020

Reports describe the Philippine peso as the “best performing” currency in Asia this year so far, having appreciated against the US dollar by 4.3 percent since the year started, thereby “outperforming its regional peers.” I have a…

Low export sales despite weak peso worries Philexport exec

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/27/2018

Amid a continuing depreciation of the peso versus the dollar, the local exporting industry is supposedly seen to benefit. However, local business leaders have noted that despite the opportunity for exporting to flourish with the depreciation of…

Weak La Niña to hit C. Visayas next month

Doris Mae C. Mondragon 11/27/2017

A WEAK La Niña is projected to prevail over Central Visayas and the rest of the country by the first week of December this year, the state weather bureau Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa)…

Exporters BPOs, OFWs to gain from weak peso

Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/15/2017

Exec expects export sales to increase in coming months While the further depreciation of the Philippine peso against the US dollar seems to paint a generally grim picture, a local business leader cited the “positive” side of…

VIP in prison

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/28/2017

Even behind bars, Peter Gerard Scully, the notorious alleged sex predator who brutally sodomized children in Mindanao, continues to communicate with the outside world. And if that was not enough, Scully is now believed to be operating…

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