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Makro to return to PH after nearly 20 years, with 4 Ayala estate locations
The European wholesale retailer first entered the Philippines in 1996, before its stores were eventually folded into SM's retail empire and converted into SM Hypermarkets in 2009
Read more →[Vantage Point] ProGRESS: When tax relief comes with a P40 price tag
The ProGRESS paradox: government gives you more money in your payslip, then tries to recover part of what it lost when somebody buys a drink.
Read more →Want to install solar panels? How DOE’s simplified rules apply to you
The Department of Energy's new rules cover solar systems meant primarily for the consumer's own electricity use rather than for selling power back to the grid under a net-metering program
Read more →Poverty rate hits record low 9.7%, but millions are one crisis from sliding back
Around 6.5 million Filipinos were lifted out of poverty between 2023 and 2025, but the World Bank estimates that at least 28% of the population remain at risk of falling back into poverty
Read more →Gabby Lopez’s gamble to save ABS-CBN
The climb in ABS-CBN's stock price is the market’s display of confidence in the P6-billion rescue plan
Read more →Northern lights closer? Philippines, Iceland open door to daily flights
The agreement could lay the groundwork for daily flights between the Philippines and Iceland, though no airline has announced plans to use the new rights
Read more →ABS-CBN makes room for new owners
There's a trade-off embedded in ABS-CBN's P6-billion rescue
Read more →[Good Business] Human centricity in AI: Putting people before the machine
The decisive question is whether human beings, in their pursuit of AI-powered efficiency, will remain humane
Read more →[In This Economy] Apocalyptic rains and their economic costs
What do weeklong rains cost an economy already struggling to grow? And how might we fare with climate change only expected to worsen in coming years?
Read more →ABS-CBN talks up its ‘new’ future, but its new owners weren’t in the room
Every box on Wednesday’s agenda of ABS-CBN's annual stockholders' meeting had been ticked, but outside that agenda, the harder work was only beginning
Read more →[Vantage Point] What is ABS-CBN’s stock-market listing still worth?
The burden of proving the economic usefulness of ABS-CBN's listing on the Philippine Stock Exchange has changed
Read more →CA overturns permit revocation of Villar’s SIPCOR
The revocation of S.I. Power Corporation's permits stemmed from prolonged outages in Siquijor in 2025, which the Energy Regulatory Commission linked to operational failures by the Villar-linked generator
Read more →Banks, retirees, the business: Where will ABS-CBN’s P6-billion rescue go?
When stockholders of ABS-CBN finally meet on Wednesday, August 19, the question hanging is no longer simply who was willing to rescue it. It is where the rescue money will go, how much will be spent paying for ABS-CBN’s past, and how much will remain to build its future.
Read more →[Vantage Point] Companions in power: When Ramon Ang goes up against Ramon Ang
His personal investment in Lopez Inc. is not necessarily a conflict of interest. But there are red lights.
Read more →PDIC lost P107B. Why is only P57B in the 2027 proposed budget — and not guaranteed?
The P57-billion figure may say more about the government’s tight fiscal limits than about what the state bank deposit insurer actually needs
Read more →Pax Silica not in proposed 2027 budget as economic managers say nothing final yet
If it pushes through, Pax Silica's lease income is expected to 'far outweigh' the costs of managing the proposed New Clark City hub, according to Finance Secretary Frederick Go
Read more →ABS-CBN is now 84% content — and still losing money. Can P6 billion fix it?
Six years after losing its franchise, ABS-CBN still hasn’t found its way back to profit. Now, a P6-billion infusion of fresh capital could help change its fortunes.
Read more →Fuel price hike again on August 18 after last week’s rollback
The increase undoes part of last week’s price cuts, with diesel again under pressure
Read more →Iran war a boon for China’s electric trucks, fueling export surge
China’s rapid adoption of e-trucks partially shields the world's biggest auto market from the impact of the conflict. Now other countries are scrambling to follow.
Read more →ERC scrutiny adds a new wrinkle to Ramon Ang’s Lopez Inc. investment
(1st UPDATE) Energy Regulatory Commission Chair Francis Saturnino Juan says the regulator is looking into issues involving generation market-share limits and cross-ownership restrictions
Read more →What it took to save ABS-CBN
Gabby Lopez found a way around the family fight that had stalled fresh money for the network. But the P6-billion rescue also rewrites who owns ABS-CBN, and who gets a say in what it becomes.
Read more →[Finterest] Concentrix rolls out matched PERA for employees. Is it time to start yours?
In case you haven't heard of the hottest retirement savings program, PERA offers you a way to start investing for your retirement while getting tax advantages
Read more →[Vantage Point] Whose P3.5 billion is I&C investing in ABS-CBN?
(1st UPDATE) I&C could become ABS-CBN’s largest single shareholder. So who exactly is I&C?
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