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El Niño

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PH factory output contract for third straight month

The Philippine manufacturing sector has declined in volume and value in February 2019, its third month in a row of decline. The Monthly Integrated…
  • April 5, 2019
  • 2 minute read

Davao box terminal eyes throughput recovery in 2017

Davao International Container Terminal (DICT) expects to breach the 300,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) mark this year with the expected recovery of banana plantations…
  • February 27, 2017
  • 4 minute read

First-time PH corn exports seen with production at record highs

The Philippines for the time is ready to export corn to neighboring countries in the region as corn harvests this year are seen to…
  • January 23, 2017
  • 3 minute read

PH exports down 4.1% in April

A still fragile global economy continued to dampen demand for Philippine exports, which declined 4.1% in April despite strong sales growth for manufactures, according…
  • June 14, 2016
  • 2 minute read

Elections, local demand to fuel PH factory output

The Philippine manufacturing sector continued its growth in February 2016, reflecting increased production of furniture, food products, and rubber, as the sector appears on…
  • April 18, 2016
  • 2 minute read

PH economy grows 6% in Q3, third highest rate in Asia

The Philippine economy grew 6% in the third quarter of 2015—slightly below the expected 6.3% growth but an improvement over the 5.8% expansion in…
  • November 30, 2015
  • 3 minute read