Inflation-adjusted wages were 21.3% to 27% lower than the current daily minimum wages across the regions in the country in February. Meanwhile, in peso terms, real wages were lower by around P95.33 to ...

THE PHILIPPINES is grappling with weak female labor force participation even though it has some of the best gender gap ratings in the region by traditional metrics, advocates for women in the ...

WITH ITS FIRST 90-hectare phase fully sold and developed, subsequent phases are being rolled out. — HOUSE OF INVESTMENTS ABOITIZ Economic Estates and House of Investments (HI) have finalized a joint ...

My boss asked me for a meeting to discuss my current projects. This is unusual. He’s not a micromanager and I love his management style. The trouble is my low pay and perks. I wonder if he knows about ...

THE PESO depreciated further against the dollar on Thursday as the latest US consumer price index (CPI) data heightened expectations that the US Federal Reserve will keep rates steady at its meeting ...

PEOPLE are seen using their mobile phones along Claro M. Recto Avenue in Divisoria, Manila, Dec. 27, 2022. — PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBAN THE SECURITIES and Exchange Commission (SEC) is moving to lift ...

OIL PRICE SHOCKS may prompt the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to hike its policy rate as early as its next meeting in April amid the risk of inflation breaching the central bank’s target band in ...

FUEL PRICES are unlikely to go down anytime soon despite the recent decline in crude prices in the global market, the Energy chief said.

WASHINGTON — US President Donald J. Trump’s administration on Wednesday said it was launching two new trade investigations into excess industrial capacity in 16 major trading partners and into forced ...

As a cruise skeptic, I never quite saw the appeal of spending days at sea on a floating resort surrounded by thousands of strangers. But as a Disney fan, I was curious about the Disney Adventure, ...

THE HOUSE of Representatives on Wednesday evening approved on second reading a proposal to scrap the travel tax, advancing the measure seeking to cut the levy seen as burdensome for Filipinos.

THE SMALL BUSINESS Corp. (SBCorp), the financing arm of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), is targeting P12 billion in loan releases this year. “P12 billion is our target loan releases for ...