Senator Grace Poe on Monday expressed readiness to call an executive session to discuss the analysis of the flight data recording from the Xiamen Air plane that skidded off the Ninoy Aquino International Airport last month.

Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol on Monday called on the public to plant their own food items such as chili peppers instead of complaining about the rising prices.

Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol will submit a proposal to President Rodrigo Duterte this week to impose a price ceiling on basic goods such as rice and onions.

The Philippine peso depreciated even further to close near 12-year low, as the greenback appreciated across regional currencies after the United States reported strong economic data.

The liability of Xiamen Air, which owns the plane that skidded off the runway of Ninoy Aquino International Airport last month, resulting in a number of flight cancellations and stranded passengers, has doubled to P72 million.

Philippine share prices fell for the fourth consecutive trading day on Monday as domestic and global concerns kept investors edgy.  

Citing data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), IBON Foundation Executive Director Sonny Africa said the number of employed individuals decreased to 40.7 million this year from 41 million in June 2016.

The Duterte administration?s economic managers miscalculated the inflation rate, and so did everybody else, Finance Assistant Secretary Tony Lambino said on Monday.

Share prices on the Philippine Stock Exchange opened the week on a soft note, as last week’s report on inflation at a nine-year high continued to place a drag market sentiment.

Senator Cynthia Villar on Monday called on the Department of Agriculture to put in place a rice ceiling on onion in areas where price are unusually high.  

Food cart operator Nacho King! has announced plans to expand into the mass market by offering ready-to-eat chips in local groceries.

Homegrown coffee chain Bo's Coffee is expected to keep its prices unchanged at least until the end of the year, even as consumer prices have grown at the fastest pace in over nine years.

Corporations were becoming more socially focused prior to Trump, but the trend has accelerated since the election of a US president who has unapologetically eschewed the traditional role of national unifier and instead courted his political base full time.

Prices of several food items in Metro Manila have started to register a slight drop, as monitored on Sunday.

Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Sunday claimed that Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is using inflation as a political issue against the administration.

A healthy outlook for US revenue growth stands to soothe stock investors worried about the effect on corporate profits from tax cuts wearing off next year.

The Social Security System is asking Congress to allow it to impose an additional P30 to P48 in the contribution of its members to provide the benefits of female workers covered by the proposed 100-day expanded maternity leave.

The looming increase in Metro Manila's water rates is inevitable, an official of the metropolis' waterworks regulatory body said Sunday, noting that the petition for bills adjustments by the two concessionaires are still being studied.

Fuel prices were again likely to rise next week, GMA 7 news program «24 Oras Weekend» reported on Saturday.

The skyrocketing prices of commercial rice due to the absence of cheaper government subsidized variety could have been avoided if only the government had a «blueprint» for rice industry development, agriculture advocacy group InangLupa Movement Inc. said Saturday.

Wall Street's major indexes fell on Friday as U.S. President Donald Trump raised the possibility of additional tariffs on Chinese imports and Apple Inc indicated that some of its products could be subjected to such levies.

President Donald Trump threatened Friday to slap tariffs on all of the Chinese goods imported into the United States, ramping up the already tense trade relations with Beijing, while talks with Canada and the EU continue.

Consumer confidence in the country’s economy has turned negative in the third quarter of 2018, the first time since it turned positive in the second quarter of 2016.

The Social Security System intends to ask for an increase in members’ monthly contributions if the proposed expanded maternity leave is enacted into law.

Share prices on the Philippine Stock Exchange closed mostly in the red on Friday amid negative sentiment from faster-than-expected inflation and foreign funds selling their market positions.

The Philippine peso firmed up against the greenback on Friday after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas announced that it intends to reactivate its currency risk protection tool to ease demand pressures in the foreign exchange market.  

China-based companies dominated Forbes Asia’s Fabulous 50 List this year, accounting for 60 percent of the “best” publicly traded companies in the Asia Pacific region.

Operatives from the Bureau of Customs on Thursday seized six 40-footer containers containing smuggled onions worth P12 million at the Manila International Container Port.  

The Department of Finance on Thursday asked the National Food Authority to explain why it procured palay stocks “way below” its projected buffer requirement in the second half of 2017 despite ample funds and credit at its disposal.  

The Nasdaq fell more than 1 percent on Wednesday, dented by technology stocks after Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc executives defended their companies before skeptical U.S. lawmakers.

The National Food Authority (NFA) Council has approved the additional importation of 250,000 metric tons (MT) of rice to beef up the current NFA stocks.

As inflation rises, the value of the peso becomes lower, as people are able to buy less products and services for the same amount.

U.S. stock indexes were lower on Wednesday, weighed down by Facebook, energy stocks and concerns over the possibility of President Donald Trump going through with plans to slap new tariffs on Chinese goods as early as this week.

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has allowed transport network companies to charge riders the controversial P2-per-minute travel fee as part of their fare structure.

“The administration is taking steps to address the challenges, particularly rising prices, faced by Filipino families,” presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement.