It was simply the same peace of mind she wanted—just a few days of rest from the anxiety of coping with the harshness of stark poverty in a land where an upward nudge in the peso rate sends an ...

THE Governance Commission for GOCCs (GCG) will come up with guidelines for the Maharlika Investment Corporation’s (MIC) highly technical positions and compensations as its organizational structure is ...

THE country’s widening current account deficit (CAD) is expected to place more pressure on the peso to depreciate, according to an international think tank. In its latest economic brief, ANZ Research ...

LIVING in a country where data is handled excessively, I always have my eyes on cross-border data regulations. Recent global developments offer a glimpse into the future of cross-border data ...

Top Philippine firms are looking to manage their debt payments by using the new peso interest-rate swap facility, a move that may bolster the nation’s push to deepen its capital market. But the ...

South Korean firm SFA Semicon Philippines Corp. will delist from the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on December 12 after the company was able to buy almost all of the shares that are not owned by its ...

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has formalized its partnership with Alabama-based technology firm Pro V&V for international certification, as preparations intensify for the 2025 elections. The ...

The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has reached the 8-million subscriber mark last October 29, a top official of the power distribution utility firm said. Meralco Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue ...

CITING growing concerns over rampant tax leakages, Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian moved to investigate tax leakages caused by the proliferation and unscrupulous use of “faked” Person with Disability ...

FOLLOWING the recently concluded US elections, stock market indices showed varied responses driven by investor sentiment, economic conditions, and expectations regarding the policy environment. The ...

THE national government will not be revising its borrowing mix next year as it remained unfazed by the possible impact of peso volatility in its debt. At the sidelines of the Asean Social Security ...

IN March 2024, Chancellor Jose V. Camacho, Jr. of the University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB) granted an exclusive license to an agribusiness company called Agri-Specialist, Inc. (ASI) to ...