On a quarter-on-quarter basis, the economy contracted 0.9% in the second quarter, weaker than the 1.1% expansion in the March quarter and missing a 0.5% growth forecast of economists.

In my keynote address at this year’s BusinessWorld Economic Forum, I spoke of a Philippine economy standing at a decisive crossroads, shaped by formidable global and domestic forces yet brimming ...

The Philippine economy expanded in the second quarter from a year earlier, thanks to broad-based growth in various sectors. The country’s gross domestic product rose 4.3% compared with the same ...