MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines stands at an important moment in its development journey. Its transition to upper-middle income country (Umic) status on July 1st 2026, is a recognition of

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has finally crossed into upper-middle income status—after nearly four decades as a lower-middle-income economy. Yet for many Filipinos still…

This milestone is real, and it took decades of work by millions of Filipinos, not any single administration