October 22, 2025: Philippine Stock Market is 5 to 13 times less active in Terms of Daily Trades than 5 other Major Countries in SEA
The Philippines is again lagging behind as always under this Administration of Bong Bong Marcos (BBM) to five other Major Countries in South East Asia (SEA), this time in Terms of the Daily Trading Value or Daily Transactions of its Stock Market.
This means the Daily Value of the Stocks that are being sold or bought each Day, this as per the Data collected by the Singapore-based News Publication, “The Business Times” as of this Month of October, 2025.
As per the Data, the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) only averages around Usd 100 million worth of Trades each Day which is nearly six times lower than that of Malaysia, which averages around Usd 570 million per Day.
Compared to the Stock Markets of Indonesia, Vietnam and Singapore, the PSE trades nine to ten times lower as those average around Usd 900 to Usd 1 billion per Day. At the Top of the List is the Thai Stock Market which averages Usd 1.3 billion worth Trades per Day, or thirteen times that of the Philippines.
Not in the List are five other SEA Countries which I assume have even lower Trade Values than the PSE, but those have either much lower Populations and Economy Size than the Philippines like Laos, Cambodia, Brunei and Timor Leste, or in a State of Civil War like in the Case of Myanmar.
MY THOUGHTS:
As I have stated before, I did some Trading in the PSE before so I am very familiar with the Stock Market, but I just stopped because it has not been doing well under this Administration of BBM. I still have some Stocks in my Portfolio though, which is “Megaworld Corporation (MEG)” which I bought back in 2022 or 2023 at over Php 3 each.
The current Stock Price of MEG is around Php 2, so I already “lost” around a third of my Money there. I still haven’t sold it yet so technically I haven’t lost Money yet, but imagine that, 2 to 3 Years just stuck, unable to sell it off.
I did get some Dividends from MEG over the Years, but they are not enough to make up for the loss of Value of the Stock. And I doubt if I will be able to sell the Stocks off soon under this Administration of the Bangag since it is such a fakk up.
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October 10, 2025: Five Major Countries in SEA getting 2.5 to 7 times more Foreign Tourists than the Philippines in the first 8 Months of 2025
The Philippines again finds itself in its familiar Place of near the Bottom of a List of the Major Countries in South East Asia (SEA), this time in Terms of International Tourist Arrivals for Year of 2025, this as per the Infographic released by the “Seasia Stats” Facebook Page recently.
Other SEA Countries like Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia are getting anywhere from 2.5 to 7 times more Foreign Tourists in the first eight Months of 2025, or from January to August. The Philippines only got below 4 million Visitors during that Period while Indonesia got more than 2.5 times with 10.4 million.
Vietnam got almost three times more with 11.6 million Visitors while Thailand got more than 5.5 times at 21.88 million. At the Top of the List is Malaysia which got more than seven times more with 28.24 million Foreign Tourists.
Five other SEA Countries are not on the List, and I assume that they had gotten less International Arrivals than the Philippines. However, four of those Countries, namely Brunei, Timor Leste, Laos and Cambodia have much smaller Population than the Philippines at only between 500,000 to 18 million, compared to the Philippines’ 113 million.
Myanmar has a relatively large Population Size of 51 million, but it is currently under a State of Civil War.
SOURCES:
* Seasia Stats Facebook Page Infographic, 10/15/25 - 1701H {Archived Link}
July 5, 2025: Philippines the only one of the Founding Countries of ASEAN still classified as a Lower Middle Income Country by the World Bank
I already discussed this before in a previous Post, but I would like to expand on it a bit more just to drive home a Point. So among the five founding Countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Philippines is the only one Left that the World Bank (WB) still classifies as a “Lower Middle Income Country (LMIC)".
ASEAN was founded in 1967, 58 Years ago by the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. The WB started classifying Countries by Income Levels in 1978, but it wasn’t until 1989 that they started the Classification which is still being used now.
And right from that Point, in 1989 or 36 Years ago, Singapore was already classified as a “High Income Country (HIC)”. Malaysia was the first ASEAN Country to “graduate” to “Upper Middle Income Country (UMIC)” in 1996, or 29 Years ago.
Thailand followed next, becoming an UMIC in 2011, or 14 Years ago. And the latest ASEAN Country to reach UMIC Status was Indonesia which did it in 2020, or five Years ago. And that leaves the Philippines as the only Founding Country of ASEAN to still not reach UMIC Status even after almost 60 Years.
As I posted about before, Bong Bong Marcos (BBM) himself back in 2022 set the Target for the Philippines to become a UMIC by 2024, but obviously that did not happen, thanks to the Philippines unable to hit its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Targets the last several Years under his Administration.
And once again, the only Catholic Country in ASEAN and even Asia with a large Population continues to be the Laggard Country in Asia, a FAILED STATE, just like many Catholic Countries in Latin America.
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June 18, 2025: Philippines again near the Bottom in Terms of the Number of Companies in the Top 500 Companies List in South East Asia
The News Publication “Fortune” just released their “Fortune 500 List” for South East Asia (SEA) which shows the Top 500 Companies in SEA with the highest Total Revenues, and in Terms of the Number of Companies for each Country in that List, the Philippines ended up near the Bottom with only 25, topping only Cambodia which only had 2.
Vietnam and Singapore had at least three times more Companies than the Philippines in that List with 76 and 81, while Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia had around four times more with 92 to 109.
Here is the Link to the original Infographic of the Countries with the most Number of Companies in the Fortune 500 for South East Asia: https://web.facebook.com/seastats/posts/pfbid02Z5S1uyF85uuSeKPK1jfpySbs3ZCRKqUh1EmgPujjcXPRhHUJWnhy8YhnNM8S3pBnl
MY THOUGHTS:
It would’ve been a lot better if the Edge of the other SEA Countries were not that big, but no, they have three to four times more. And once again, the only predominantly Catholic Country in Asia and SEA with a big Population is again swimming near the Bottom, the Correlation between Religion and Progress should be very clear already.
We are always lagging behind, while our Muslim or Buddhist Neighbors are leaving us with their Dust. There are also many Laggard and Problematic Countries in South America who are also predominantly Catholic, cough, cough ...
SOURCE: Seasia Stats Facebook Page Post, 06/18/25 – 1404H {Archived Link}
April 24, 2025: Philippines has among the lowest Vehicle Ownership per 1,000 People in SEA, but still wants to spend two trillion for War instead
The South East Asia Statistics (Seasia Stats) Website recently released an Infographic using Data from the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA) showing the number of Vehicle Owners for every 1,000 People of the major Countries in South East Asia (SEA).
The Infographic showed that among the seven SEA Countries with Data, our Country the Philippines is at the bottom of the List with only 48 Vehicle Owners for every 1,000 People. Vietnam has even overtaken us with 68.
Indonesia has more than twice that of ours at 99 while Singapore has more than four times at 211. Thailand has almost six times more than ours at 275, while Malaysia has more than ten times that of us at 490. Lastly, the small but rich Country of Brunei has almost 18 times that of ours at 850.
You can access the original Picture from the Post of the “Seasia Stats” Facebook Page here: https://web.facebook.com/seastats/posts/pfbid0HEBJNzePwqRfHyGYDPPrnjuXvmmYLLBnb3cDCWAi1uNRMWa3yGScPjsLd4ozuCHpl
MY THOUGHTS:
With Personal Vehicles being so expensive, they are one Way to show how prosperous a Country’s Citizens are, and us being so low in the Ranking just shows how our Government continues to FAIL the Filipino People, especially this Government under Bong Bong Marcos (BBM).
Note that while our Vehicle Ownership is very low, traffic in the National Capital Region (NCR) and nearby Areas are quite notoriously bad and is considered one of the worst in the entire World. This just reflects the lack of Road Infrastructure in the Country, and how little of it we have is concentrated only in and around NCR.
And yet instead of focusing most if not all of our effort on Infrastructure and Progress, this Bangag Government wants to “fight China” instead. Oh, they’re not going to go to War with China ‘daw’, just spending two trillion Philippine Pesos in Military Equipment and Weapons so we can insult each other, but not go to War ‘daw’.
‘Para hawakan lang daw ng Tenga, asaran at pitikan ng Ilong lang sa Tsina yung dalawang trilyon na gagastusin nila para sa Armas’ (All the Weapons they will buy for two trillion pesos will only be for daring to touch each other’s Ears, trading Insults and have a flick the Nose fight with China).
SOURCE: Seasia Stats Facebook Page Post, 04/24/25 - 1346H {Archived Link}
April 6, 2025: Philippines has among the lowest Railway Line Length in South East Asia, but still wants to buy F-16 Fighter Jets instead
The "South East Asia Statistics (SEAsia Stats)" Website recently published the Length of the Railway Lines of each of the Countries in South East Asia (SEA) that has them based on their own Research taken from Data from various Sources, and as we can see the Philippines has among the LEAST Railway Line Length in the Region, despite the Fact that it has one of the largest Population Sizes in SEA.
Note that two Countries, Laos and Cambodia have more Railway Lines than the Philippines despite them having much lower Population Sizes than the Philippines at only 8 to 18 million People, compared to the 120 million in the Philippines.
The only Country that the Philippines has more Railway Lines is Singapore, which everybody knows is a pretty small Country, with a Population Size of only 6 million People in a Land Area that is only one-third that of the size of Davao City.
Singapore is, of course a very Progressive City-State and their Railway Lines are among the best in the World, which the same can't be said about the Philippines. All of the other major SEA Countries like Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia have 5 to 20 times the Railway Length compared to the Philippines.
And yet despite this, the current Administration insists on buying such expensive F-16C/D Fighting Falcon Block 70/72 Aircraft from the United States (US) instead of spending it on Infrastructure so we can at least catch up a bit more with our SEA Neighbors.
Here is the Link to the original Post of SEAsia Stats on their Facebook Page: https://web.facebook.com/seastats/posts/pfbid02EPb5SrRtnkbuvBKaZP2tNX4mgEVsfs1ketaEFeMwzvGCQECiScRGgXduh3G2EXVhl
SOURCE: SEAsia Stats Facebook Page Post, 04/06/25 – 1241H {Archived Link}
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