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  • PhilHealth Has Sufficient Funds Despite Zero Subsidy in 2025 Budget – DOH

    PhilHealth Has Sufficient Funds Despite Zero Subsidy in 2025 Budget – DOH

    Health Secretary Ted Herbosa clarified on Monday that despite the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) receiving no subsidy under the proposed 2025 national budget, it has a surplus of P150 billion from its 2024 budget. This surplus, he said, can cover the subsidy for indirect members. Herbosa, who also chairs…

  • Philippines has 25-year window to reap benefits of young population — WB

    THE PHILIPPINES has to take advantage of the changing population structure in the next 25 years, when the working-age population will outnumber dependents, according to the World Bank (WB). “The country has a 25-year window to harness the benefits of a changing population structure. So, the country will have a…

  • PHL has room to raise taxes — IMF

    THE PHILIPPINES’ fiscal consolidation plan may be too “ambitious,” the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, noting that the government still has room to raise taxes to generate much-needed revenues.

  • The world has become more resilient to disasters, but investment is needed to save more lives

    Deaths from disasters have fallen, but we need to build even more resilience to ensure this progress doesn’t reverse.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/the-world-has-become-more-resilient-to-disasters-but-investment-is-needed-to-save-more-lives" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/global-disaster-featured-image.png"/></a>

  • BSP has room to ease before Fed

    THE BANGKO Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) still has room to cut rates before the US Federal Reserve, analysts said, but warned of such a move’s impact on the peso.

  • BSP has leeway to keep rates steady

    THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) still has room to extend its policy pause even as inflation is expected to have picked up further last month, its top official said.