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by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 27 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has placed anew the Philippines and three more countries on a gray, list, or those under increased monitoring after failing to address strategic deficiencies to counter money laundering as well as…

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star) 10 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Manila slipped six notches in the global ranking of livable cities as the COVID-19 pandemic strained its healthcare system, prompting the government to impose the world’s longest and strictest lockdown.

by Cecille Suerte Felipe (The Philippine Star), 6 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Learning outcomes of Grade 5 students showed that a large number of Filipino learners are not proficient enough in reading, writing and math to advance to secondary school, a Southeast Asia-wide study showed, according to Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian.

by Daxim L. Lucas, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 29 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Short-term investments left the country’s financial markets at a faster rate in September, aggravating the the total tally of foreign portfolio funds that have been repatriated by fund managers since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 11 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The gross non-performing loan (NPL) ratio of the local banking industry picked up for the seventh straight month in July, hitting its highest level in almost six years as overdue loans continued to soar amid the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News, 3 Dec 2019 The Philippines performed the poorest out of 79 countries in a reading literacy assessment conducted by the inter-government group Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

The Philippines has one of the worst cases of income inequality in the world, according to Credit Suisse in its annual global wealth report.

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By: Krissy Aguilar, INQINQUIRER.net, 7 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Manila ranked poorly at third place among 56 cities worldwide with the lowest quality of life, research published by Deutsche Bank has shown.

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by Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star) – 24 Sept 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines, whose relations with international bodies have turned sour, has been listed among 48 countries that registered a rising retaliation against civil society groups and human rights defenders who have been cooperating with the United Nations.

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by Denise A. Valdez, BusinessWorld, Aug 5, 2019 THE Philippines moved up to fifth place from ninth a year earlier in Kaspersky Lab’s global list of countries with most online threats detected in the second quarter of 2019.

by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star) – Jul 4, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The situation of workers in the Philippines continued to deteriorate in the past year, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said yesterday, citing the latest Global Rights Index released by the International Trade Union Confederation.

By Elijah Felice Rosales, Businessmirror, Jul 4, 2019 THE Philippines has one of the most restrictive trade regimes in Southeast Asia for pharmaceutical items in spite of rising consumer spending on health, according to a study.

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by Jovic Yee, Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 03, 2018 Pollution caused by traditional cooking fuel is killing people in the Philippines at higher rates than those in most other countries in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

by Harold James, Apr 10, 2018 Explore the latest strategic trends, research and analysis Further reading arrow grey Economic and financial issues nowadays tend to be discussed in intellectual silos, by specialists who give little mind to security concerns or the interplay between national and international objectives. But sooner or later, economists will realize that…

by Agence France-Presse, Mar 1, 2018 PARIS — Iraq and the Philippines are the deadliest places for journalists, according to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).

by Miguel R. Camus, Inquirer, Feb 21, 2018 The Philippines saw improvements for both 4G availability and speed although most of its neighbors in the region remained ahead by those measures, the latest crowdsourced survey by OpenSignal showed.

The Philippines drops 18 slots to rank 88th out of 113 countries in the newly released World Justice Project Rule of Law Index by Carmela Fonbuena, Rappler, Jan 31, 2018 MANILA, Philippines – Rule of law in the Philippines deteriorated significantly since President Rodrigo Duterte came to power, according to the newly-released World Justice Project…

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By Krista A. M. Montealegre, Businessworld, Nov 8, 2017 THE Philippines is putting a brave face in the fight to preserve its place among the world’s top outsourcing destinations, as it looks at an uncertain future due to automation and artificial intelligence (AI).

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