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By Riza Lozada The current account (CA) will remain in deficit as the domestic economy posts robust growth, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Nestor Espenilla Jr. said. 

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) that will allow ADB to access and administer GCF funds and scale up the bank’s climate financing to its developing member countries.

To stimulate economic development in the whole country, Senator Richard J. Gordon yesterday pointed to the need for a master plan that would maximize the potential of infrastructures in the country. 

Pag-IBIG Fund reported that it released P28.8 billion worth of housing loans in the first half of 2017, a 17-percent growth or more than P4 billion higher than the loans released during the same period in 2016. 

No special occasion, really. A few spoonful at a time for dessert or as a second breakfast would be it, though I like it mixed with fruits, cereal and wheat bran, cold, for breakfast, concocting a new taste, which, while signaling the satiation of a longed-for flavor and an affirmation that the home we carry remains lodged within, also hints …

Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano announced Thursday that the Philippines will be hosting the 30th edition of the Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) in 2019. 

Sportsman and philantrophist, Alvin Tan Lian, has lifted the spirit of the Filipino athletes joining the 29th edition of the Summer Universiade in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei. 

Sprinter Mary Joy Tabal won the first gold medal for the Philippines in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) after dominating the women’s marathon competition on Saturday morning in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 

Kazakhstan beat the Philippines, 25-20, 25-16, 21-25, 21-25, 15-3, to grab seventh place in the 19th AVC Asian Women’s Senior Championship recently at the Alonte Sports Arena in Biñan City, Laguna. 

Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh of Immaculate Heart of Mary College-Paranaque broke two records on her way to winning two gold medals at the start of the 2017 Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) Invitational Swimming Championship recently.