THE country’s chicken meat imports will “grow slightly” to 480,000 metric tons (MT) in 2025 from the projected 470,000 MT for this year, as demand outpaces production growth, the US Department of ...

Ayala Corp. chairman Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala noted the Philippines’ immense investment potential in his keynote address ...

Officials of the Home Development Mutual Fund or the Pag-IBIG Fund have announced the release of P129.73 billion in home ...

At stake is V-P Sara Duterte’s political survival, as she faces an impeachment trial after the midterm polls. Read more at ...

Total annual diaspora remittances flowing to the Philippines amount to about $40bn. Kenya’s annual budget is $28bn ...

House committee on labor and employment chairperson Rep. Fidel Nograles (4th District, Rizal) reassured workers Friday that ...

Pacman party-list Rep. Mikee Romero believes that proposals to increase minimum wage of private sector workers would benefit ...

Countries tend to be more equal if the quality of education in schools and universities is also equal. This is one effective way towards reducing income inequality. The other ways are through the ...

But the gains have downshifted far more rapidly for lower-paid workers. In December, the upper half of wage earners saw their pay rise 4.8% from a year earlier, compared to a 4.7% bump for the ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Chamber ... Act,” was amended to indicate that the increase was only for low-income earners in the private sector. Lawmakers approved through viva voce ...

Deputy Speaker Democrito Raymond Mendoza of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines said higher salaries would “lift over 5 million minimum wage earners out of poverty, put nutritious food on ...

“The wage hike should be granted to all private-sector workers, not just minimum wage earners. All Filipino workers have suffered from the declining real value of their wages, especially amid ...