Economy

Philippines’s exports up by 10.6% in March, exceed full-year targer

MANILA — Merchandise exports increased by 10.6 percent to $4.6 billion in March from the 7.8 percent growth the previous month. The upsurge brought total export revenues in the first quarter to 13.1 percent or US$12.3 billion, which is within the full-year target of 11 percent.

Data from the National Statistics Office (NSO) attributed that the increase to the growth of semiconductors (14.1%), machinery and transport equipment (8.7%) and mineral products (77.1%).
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Youths urge Davao bets to prioritize reproductive health

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Davao Teen Center (DTC), together with the Family Planning Organization of the Philippines (FPOP), demanded the local candidates of Davao City to include Reproductive Health (RH) policies as their top priority in their legislative agenda.

Jamail Lunar Macla, Youth Coordinator of DTC, pointed that this has been a long time struggle of young people in the city that the problem in reproductive health must be prioritized since there are no comprehensive local legislative order to arrest the said problem of the city.
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Team Unity sees more jobs, benefits from investments in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines — Team Unity senatorial candidates are confident the Philippine economy will soar high this year on the heels of a long list of new, huge foreign investments coming into the country, the latest of which is from Texas Instruments Inc., the Dallas-headquartered world’s largest maker of mobile phone chips.
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