A controversial bilateral trade agreement between the Philippines and Japan promises enormous economic opportunities for Filipinos, among them agricu..

LIBERALIZATION is one of the pillars of the Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement. Economists view this partnership as a significant undert..

Amid criticisms on the touted environmental flaws of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), economic experts of the government ..

Economists offer a different view, saying that the deal has sufficient provisions to protect the environment and prevent any illegal trade in toxic wa..

STATE-RUN Philippine Institute of Development Studies said the country stands to benefit from a free-trade agreement with Japan despite a controversia..

Quezon City (14 November) -- Dr. Nanak Kakwani, Director and Chief Economist of the International Poverty Center of the United Nations Development Pr..

"JUNK JPEPA!" has become a strident cry among some groups lately, as the Senate begins to deliberate on the ratification of the Japan-Philippines Econ..

THE Philippine Economic Society (PES) will hold its 44th annual meeting on November 21 to 22 at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Assembly Hall. ..

INCREASING global demand makes medical transcription and telemedicine lucrative fields that Filipinos can exploit. Maria Cherry Lyn Rodolfo of the Uni..

THE Philippines has so far failed to achieve all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) targets by 2015, says a joint report by the Asian Development..

The National Economic and Development Authority is optimistic that the country would be able to achieve most of the targets of the Millennium Develop..

Can the 鈥渦nbankable鈥� be helped without cloning the very problems that scuttled previous special credit programs? Bogged down in endless political ..

The Overall Balance of Payments Position for January to August 2006 is at US$2528 Million. The year-on-year headline inflation rate in the Philip..

Competitiveness in healthcare, English proficiency, cheaper tuition seen as edge. Aside from promoting the country as a hub for tourism and business p..

Making English the medium of instruction of schools in the country may not be the solution to the impending shortage of workers for business process o..