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Talk about collateral dam­age.

By Riza Lozada Ten of the country’s big cit­ies stood out in development, based on a study conducted by property research Lamudi Philippines. The research saw the debut of President Duter­te’s Davao City as one of Philip­pines’s Top Ten cities to watch.

The administration of new US President Donald Trump announced two key policy actions to fire off his four-year term as the United States government announced its withdrawal from a sweeping Pacific free trade pact while Trump signed an executive order regarding Obamacare.

Pension fund Social Security System (SSS) said it has embarked on a program to invest the fund under the concept of “people’s capitalism” that seeks to generate huge returns through the infusion of capital for up to 25 percent in the list of infrastructure the government has lined up.

By Riza Lozada The government’s Protected Area Office is set to start the enforcement plan for the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape, which seeks to increase seaborne patrol operations and file cases against violators.

Local farmers need to develop 600,000 hectares for coconut to meet ever-increasing demand for the product, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol said.

BDO Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of BDO Unibank, has funded the rehabilitation of the rural health unit of Allen town, in Northern Samar, as part of its assistance to provinces severely affected by disasters.

Economic experts are unanimous in their forecast that under the administration of President Duterte, the Philippines strong growth story will continue.

By Luis Leoncio Despite growing external risks and the troubling statements of President Duterte, the country’s “underlying growth story remains intact,” Bangko Sen­tral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr. said in a recent speech before the Tuesday Club of journalists at the Edsa Shangri-La.

After a bitter clash over the increase in the Social Security Sys­tem (SSS) pension, the legislature and the Palace are again pitted against each other over the proposal of the Department of Finance (DoF) for an increase in excise taxes on fuel as a measure to compensate for the proposed law to lower income and corporate taxes.