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Holiday spending may lift Q4 growth, but inflation risks loom
By Katherine K. Chan, Reporter THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY could get a lift from improved sentiment, remittances and holiday…
Read more →Philippines’ August trade gap narrows to 15-month low
By Beatriz Marie D. Cruz, Senior Reporter THE PHILIPPINES’ trade-in-goods deficit narrowed by 3.5% year on year to…
Read more →ComClark, JG Summit submit P33-B air navigation proposal
DENNIS ANTHONY H. UY-LED ComClark Network and Technology Corp. has partnered with JG Summit Infrastructure Holdings Corp. and…
Read more →ABS-CBN says Lopez group to keep strategic direction after P6-B investment
THE Lopez group will continue to determine ABS-CBN Corp.’s strategic direction following shareholder approval of a P6-billion equity…
Read more →Century Properties gets SEC nod for PHirst Park Homes merger
CENTURY PROPERTIES Group, Inc. (CPG) has secured approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its merger…
Read more →ACEN signs fourth India renewable deal
RENEWABLE ENERGY developer ACEN Corp. has signed another agreement with Dutch investor Diamond India Renewables One B.V. (DIRO)…
Read more →Casino Plus pays out historic ₱122.4-M Jackpot in full, reinforcing player-first commitment
Casino Plus, one of the country’s leading responsible digital entertainment platforms licensed by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming…
Read more →MGEN, VITRO study renewable-powered data center development
MERALCO POWERGEN Corp. (MGEN) and VITRO REIT, Inc. have agreed to study the development of data centers integrated…
Read more →First as tragedy, then as farce
By Cesar Ilao III and Jam Magdaleno (Part 1) LAST YEAR, we wrote about how blanket class suspensions…
Read more →Telcos question NTC fines over due process, testing standards
THE Philippine Chamber of Telecommunications Operators (PCTO) has raised due process and testing-standard concerns over fines imposed by…
Read more →Something new (and obscure) in Silang
It’s worth the drive SNOBS will say that Tagaytay is played out (we disagree) and neighboring Silang is…
Read more →Banks’ foreign currency loans rise past $16 billion as of June
BANKS’ foreign currency deposit loans rose as of the second quarter amid higher borrowings from residents, Bangko Sentral…
Read more →Yields on central bank’s term deposits edge up as demand weakens further
YIELDS on the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) one-week term deposits rose further on Wednesday as the papers…
Read more →Insect protein
I once visited Everybody’s Café, a popular restaurant along MacArthur Highway in San Fernando, Pampanga. Older friends told…
Read more →NEXTASIA Land expands buyer financing options
BOUTIQUE developer NEXTASIA Land, Inc. has expanded its end-user financing network through accreditations with Land Bank of the…
Read more →Trading down: How prices and promotions dictate Philippine wine consumption
INFLATION may be squeezing wallets, but wine glasses in the Philippines are far from empty. According to a…
Read more →Change management may help PHL firms get most out of AI
By Juliana Chloe A. Gonzales PHILIPPINE COMPANIES must build up transition capabilities to realize business value from their…
Read more →On rising imports and the budget deficit
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released the country’s international merchandise trade statistics (IMTS) yesterday. Looking at accumulated trade…
Read more →Philippines ramps up drought measures as severe El Niño looms
By Erika Mae P. Sinaking, Reporter THE Philippine government is preparing measures to protect water supplies, farm production,…
Read more →House subcommittee gears up for budget review; NUP eyes special provisions
By Pexcel John Bacon THE House Budget Amendments and Review Subcommittee (BARSc) will begin formal deliberations on the…
Read more →Presidential Palace warns officials against hiding behind subordinates
PUBLIC OFFICIALS cannot indefinitely invoke the Arias doctrine to evade responsibility for questionable transactions under their watch, the…
Read more →QC jeepney drivers’ earnings fell 47% amid diesel price surge, CPBRD says
RISING diesel prices nearly halved the average daily take-home pay of public utility jeepney drivers in Quezon City…
Read more →Impeachment vote petition junked
THE Supreme Court (SC) dismissed three petitions challenging the Senate impeachment court’s interpretation of a two-thirds vote required…
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