Will the implementation of “Tatak Pinoy Act” in the Province of Laguna translate to a more sustainable and inclusive economic development?


‘Tatak Pinoy’ to boost Laguna’s economy

Despite a higher growth target of 6 to 7 percent for 2024, Fitch Ratings’ forecast for the Philippine economy is only at 5.5 percent, just the same as 2923 and coming from 7.6 percent in 2022.

Fitch: PH falls below growth target

House leaders have issued a stern warning to businesses engaging in illegal price hikes, as the lower chamber gears up for an investigation into price disparities in essential goods.

Crackdown on overpricing

EV Aggie Sector Growth On The Decline

TACLOBAN CITY — Eastern Visayas is maintaining its economic growth level on the 6-percent mark, the average in the past three years.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Region 8 has published the most recent inflation rate for the region, highlighting Eastern Samar at the top with an inflation rate of 3.0 percent, followed by Southern Leyte at 2.2 percent, Leyte and Biliran each at 1.1 percent, Tacloban City at 1.0 percent, Northern Samar at 0.8 percent, and the lowest recorded rate is in Samar at 0.5 percent.

Eastern Visayas inflation rate steady

PH still has inadequate sugar supply

At a time when El Niño is battering sugar plantations in Negros Occidental (the sugar center of the country) and Batangas, the United States is enticing us to export our raw sugar when the country already faces the specter of a looming sugar shortage.

Why export raw sugar to US?

A first-quarter increase of .2 percent in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is so miniscule that it is nothing to crow about, as the private sector has pointed out, but it never fails to puzzle us by Secretaries Recto and Balisacan are boasting it as a positive development.


PH GDP grows by 5.7% in Q1

Eastern Visayas recorded a 3.6 percent inflation rate, placing 5th with the lowest inflation rate in the country, as reported by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in a recent Regional Press Conference.


EV Ranks 5th Lowest Inflation Rate

Despite geopolitical uncertainties, Philippine CEOs (chief executive officers) are optimistic of business growth because of an improving economy, which they noted is faster than most countries in the world.

CEOs optimistic of business growth

The protectionist policies of former President Donald Trump, now poised for a return at the White House, would trigger a trade war because of his proposed universal tariff of 120 to 20 percent and 60 percent on Chinese goods, and this could trigger higher inflation and weakening of Asian currencies including the Philippine peso.

Economists: Trump could endanger Asian currencies

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