Feb. inflation likely hit 8.9% — poll
PHILIPPINE INFLATION likely further quickened in February, with upward pressure expected from higher prices of cooking gas and food, analysts said.
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House committee passes E-governance bill
The House committee on appropriations has passed the proposal that aims to institutionalize the government’s transition to e-governance.
Global firms are eyeing Asian alternatives to Chinese manufacturing
In 1987 panasonic made an adventurous bet on China. At the time the electronics giant’s home country, Japan, was a global manufacturing powerhouse and the Chinese economy was no larger than Canada’s.
The Philippines’ proximity to Taiwan makes it central to Western strategy
Among the ways in which great-power competition is reordering Asian geopolitics, a new Western focus on the Philippines stands out. The archipelago country of 115m people is not rich, spends little on defence and was until last year led by an anti-American populist.
Property firm sees strong business growth, earmarks P10B for projects
Property development started strong in 2023, buoyed by the global economic recovery.
Hospitality, retail to drive PH property sector in 2023
Real estate services firm Santos Knight Frank (SKF) is optimistic about the outlook for the Philippine property sector this year, driven by the hospitality and retail sectors.
The Philippines’ Post-Pandemic Economy Is Booming
Last week the Philippine Statistics Authority released year-end data on the national economy, and all things considered the numbers are looking pretty good.
ISU hosts first Northern Luzon innovation park
THE Isabela State University (ISU) is eyeing to establish Northern Luzon's first-ever Knowledge, Innovation and Science Technology (KIST) Park.
We come to bury ChatGPT, not to praise it.
arge language models (LLMs) like the GPT family learn the statistical structure of language by optimizing their ability to predict missing words in sentences (as in 'The cat sat on the [BLANK]').
Despite Layoffs, It’s Still a Workers’ Labor Market
The recent layoff announcements at Google, Amazon, and Microsoft impacting a total of 40,000 employees have many worried about the job market. Ever since April of last year, I’ve seen an explosion in headlines about layoffs and warnings about the labor market being weaker than it appears.