Category: Media Release

Mr. Maurice Dewulf,  Country Director, United Nations Development Programme; Ms. Luiza Carvalho,  United Nations Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative of the UNDP; Professor Emmanuel De Dios,  President of the  Philippine Human Development Network; Secretary...

MANILA—The Philippine economy’s remarkable growth of 7.7 percent in the first half of 2013, along with the government’s investments in social development programs, significantly reduced poverty in the period, possibly marking the beginning of...

ILOILO CITY – The role of regional economies in the country’s economic progress has become more pivotal as the government pushes for massive employment generation and faster poverty reduction, according to the National Economic...

NEW YORK CITY— Good evaluation of plans, programs, and projects is needed for sound decision-making and promoting government transparency and accountability, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio...

NEW YORK CITY — External humanitarian and development assistance must at all times be coordinated with government, using country systems to avoid costly parallel structures and overlaps, according to the National Economic and Development...

MANILA—Merchandise exports sustained its positive annual growth in March 2014 at 11.2 percent.  This is the second consecutive month of double-digit growth after the revised figure of 11.6 percent last month, according to the...

MANILA— Higher export earnings from total agro-based products, petroleum, minerals, and forest products kept exports in a positive territory for April 2014, according to the National Economic and Development Authority. The Philippine Statistics Authority...

MANILA—Jobs growth in all major sectors of the economy pushed total employment to 38.7 million in April 2014, a 4.5-percent increase from 37.0 million a year ago, according to the National Economic and Development...

In a blog post last 12 May 2014, the Marine Life Park of Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS), http://mlp.rwsentosablog.com/2014/05/12/news-announcement/  announces the death of Sharmila, a bottlenose dolphin trained in the Philippines and shipped to...

We, citizens of the Philippines, hereby stand by our government and express our fullest support for the immediate prosecution of the Chinese nationals with their shameless Filipino collaborators arrested for the capture of over 300 endangered...