The Philippines imported 1.7 million tons of rice in the first five months of 2025, down 20.9% from a year ago.

The manufacturing sector loses around 410,000 jobs year-on-year amid lower semiconductor exports, while more rice farmers ...

Inflation cools to a 5.5-year low as slower increases in power and water rates offset rising pork and fish prices ...

Inflation in the country continued to ease in May, slowing to its lowest level in over five years due primarily to the ...

For Japan and many other countries, the vulnerability that comes with relying on U.S. markets has become startlingly clear.

- US Pres Trump says he will double US steel tariffs from 25% to 50% "to protect American industry", effective on June 4th. - ...

Japan said on Friday that "all options" were being considered to stabilise rice prices, including the use of up to 100,000 ...

The Philippines, the world’s top rice importer, plans to look beyond its dominant supplier, Vietnam, to ensure steady ...

The country’s inflation dropped below 2% in May, the lowest rate since November 2019, the Philippine Statistics Authority ...

To further reduce rice retail prices and benefit Filipino consumers in line with the directives of President Ferdinand R.

The retail price of the Philippines’ staple food rice is expected to continue to go down, settling at a negative inflation ...

Uncertainty is the word of the year, for an environment dominating by a unique array of uncertainties - policy, market, ...