00:00At the moment, my status is that the Philippines and the United States are in the same league
00:05despite the increasing number of reciprocal tariffs of America.
00:10Meanwhile, the Philippines is one of the fastest-growing economies in Southeast Asia
00:14according to Moody's Analytics.
00:17Here's Abby Malanday's report.
00:21My status is that the Philippines and the United States are in the same league
00:26despite the increasing number of reciprocal tariffs of America
00:29according to U.S. President Donald Trump
00:31which he will announce in the coming months.
00:33There is still no information from the DTI up to this point.
00:38Under livelihood training, there are almost 40 stay-at-home mommies
00:42in Maribeles, Bataan.
00:44This is part of the Elevate IDA or Artificial Intelligence Data Annotation
00:49livelihood program that can help women
00:53to have additional income in having online business or remote work opportunities.
01:01The Bureau of Internal Revenue, Department of Social Welfare and Development
01:06and National Council on Disability Affairs
01:08joined forces against the use of PEC and persons with disability or PWID.
01:12According to the BIR, they will strictly monitor businesses
01:16to ensure that the tax deductions are only for legitimate PWD transactions.
01:24OptiSaver Plus was launched by the Land Bank of the Philippines
01:27a savings account with high interest and free insurance.
01:31The interest of the so-called savings account is up to 4% per year.
01:37The Philippines is one of the fastest-growing economies in Southeast Asia
01:41according to Moody's Analytics.
01:43According to economist Sarah Tan,
01:45the Philippines' economy is expected to grow
01:48from 5.9% in 2025 to 5.6% in 2024
01:54due to the strong spending of Filipinos on goods and services.
