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Aboitiz group expands AI, cybersecurity skills development
ABOITIZ GROUP is expanding workforce training in artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, and other emerging technologies as it increases…
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August unemployment rate rises to 5.3%
THE PHILIPPINES’ unemployment rate rose to 5.3% in August from 3.9% a year earlier, leaving 2.77 million Filipinos…
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ADB weighs $300-M initial package for MRT-4
THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) is considering a $300-million financing package for the first tranche of the Metro…
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AI infra emerging as key driver of global trade — DHL Express
THE artificial intelligence (AI) boom has become a key driver of global trade, with the infrastructure needed to build out such systems ultimately requiring a logistics solution, DHL Express said in its latest Globalization Tracker.
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Factory output growth hits over four-year high of 11.8% in August
FACTORY OUTPUT grew at its fastest pace in more than four years in August, driven by stronger production…
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Investments eligible for green lane hit P455 billion at end of September
PROJECTS approved for green lane treatment amounted to P455.61 billion at the end of September, the Board of…
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Subdivision industry bats for uniform land transfer rules after DoJ opinion
THE Subdivision and Housing Developers Association, Inc. (SHDA) urged government agencies to harmonize the land transfer rules to…
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Plastic Bank seeks more tie-ups to collect waste in Philippines
PLASTIC BANK, a Canadian social enterprise with a bottle deposit program, is seeking to partner with more Philippine…
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SpaceX seeks $40 billion financing led by Apollo to buy Nvidia chips, FT reports
SPACEX plans to raise $40 billion, led by asset manager Apollo Global Management, for purchasing Nvidia AI chips,…
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WGO center to expand Philippines’ GI specialist capacity
The designation of St. Luke’s Medical Center-Global City’s Institute of Digestive and Liver Diseases (IDLD) as a World…
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Paramount wraps up mega Warner Bros merger to create Hollywood powerhouse Skydance
PARAMOUNT SKYDANCE completed its blockbuster $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery on Tuesday, creating a Hollywood heavyweight…
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What do we know about plague institute lab worker’s death in Russia?
MOSCOW/LONDON — A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in Siberia fell ill and died in undisclosed…
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Philippine joblessness rises to 5.3% in August
THE PHILIPPINES’ unemployment rate rose to 5.3% in August from 3.9% a year earlier, leaving 2.77 million Filipinos…
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Francis Halzen wins Nobel physics prize for Antarctic ‘ghost particle’ hunt
STOCKHOLM — The Belgian-American scientist Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work creating…
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Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike is conscious and speaking, lawyers say
CONVICTED killer Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s effort to execute her by lethal injection last week, foiling the…
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In interview, US Vice President Vance says Iran must cut enrichment to end war
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — US Vice President JD Vance said in an exclusive interview with Reuters that Iran must…
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Two weather systems bring rain over PHL
The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and the northeasterly windflow are expected to bring rains over large parts of…
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Lenovo expects growth in 2026 amid higher memory chip prices
Lenovo is expected to grow in 2026, driven by its aggressive push into artificial intelligence (AI)-powered products and…
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Philippine inflation heats up to 3-year high
PHILIPPINE INFLATION quickened to its fastest pace in over three years in September as prices of food, transport and utilities surged, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Tuesday.
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Philippines hit harder by high energy costs, gains less from AI boom
THE PHILIPPINES is being hit harder by high energy costs and benefiting less from the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom than its Asian peers, making it an “outlier” in East Asia, the World Bank said.
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PEZA inches closer to P300-B full-year goal
THE PHILIPPINE Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) approved P80.68 billion in investment pledges in September, bringing its nine-month total to P297.14 billion, just shy of its P300-billion full-year target.
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PLDT moves VITRO REIT IPO to 2027 amid market conditions, rising rates
PLDT Inc. has moved the planned initial public offering (IPO) of its data center arm VITRO REIT, Inc.…
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Developers seek growth in provincial affordable housing — S&P
PROPERTY DEVELOPERS are shifting toward affordable residential projects outside Metro Manila, where supply-demand conditions are more balanced, as…
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