Philippines

MANILA (Nov 14): Signs of investor discontent with Rodrigo Duterte’s outbursts against the US are multiplying with American companies starting to hold off investing in the Philippines, the nation’s electronics and semiconductor industry said.

SINGAPORE (Sept 28): Singapore has narrowly missed out on the top spot in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Competitiveness Index 2016, coming in second to Switzerland in the study involving 138 countries.

SINGAPORE (Sept 22): OCBC Investment Research has upgraded its previous “sell” call on cocoa manufacturer and distributor Delfi to “hold” with an unchanged fair value estimate of $2.34.

WASHINGTON/LONDON (Sept 7): The US State Department and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday stressed the need for ties with the Philippines to be based on mutual respect, after Manila's new leader raised worries about the futu

SINGAPORE (Aug 30): Fewer jobseekers in Singapore and Malaysia have the Internet to thank for getting hired, according the latest results of the Monster Employment Index.

SINGAPORE (July 4): Asia’s newest headline manufacturing PMI readings from Markit, CEIC and HSBC’s combined study may reflect low inventories for some countries of late – but this does not mean that new orders nor output growth are picking up, says

Erosion of faith and trust in government – that is the real problem that confronts us. Resulting therefrom, I see the erosion of the people’s trust in our country’s leaders; the erosion of faith in our judicial system; the erosion of confidence in t

DAVAO (May 26): Incoming Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte pledged Thursday to spread economic activity beyond the overpopulated capital of Manila, calling it a "dead" city overrun by shantytowns.

MANILA (May 10): For hedge funds investing in Philippines shares, Rodrigo Duterte’s landslide victory in the country’s presidential election may represent a buying opportunity.