Globe has brought digital safety education to tourism workers and students here through its Digital Thumbprint Program, equipping the community with practical skills as the local tourism industry grows more digitally dependent.

Honda Philippines, Inc. (HPI), the country’s top motorcycle maker, has teamed up with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources–Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (DENR–CENRO), and the city governments of Tanauan and Biñan, to carry out a two-part tree-planting effort supporting local reforestation, ecosystem restoration, and community progress. Bringing together Honda staff, local government officials, and DENR representatives, the project saw a total of 400 Kamagong seedlings planted across both locations.

Aboitiz Economic Estates has won a sustainability leadership award from the Philippine Green Building Council (PHILGBC), underscoring how green infrastructure, reliable utilities and workforce development are becoming key factors in industrial investment decisions.

DigiPlus Interactive Corp. announced Wednesday it is withdrawing from final bidding rounds for New Zealand’s online gaming license, following updated market analysis.

Philex Mining Corp. and its rank-and-file workers’ union have reached a settlement to end a labor dispute, paving the way for a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that covers a period thorough 2030.

Rockport Power Inc. has renewed its Retail Electricity Supplier (RES) License, ensuring it can continue delivering competitive, reliable, customer-focused energy solutions to Philippine businesses.

First Gen Group has completed and officially switched on a rooftop solar installation at NKC Manufacturing Philippines Corporation—Cebu-based subsidiary of Japan’s NKC Group—just four months after signing the deal, in a bid to secure reliable power amid Visayas supply challenges.

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has released the guidelines extending the suspension of power service disconnections through the end of December 2026 for qualified low-income residential consumers, balancing immediate household relief with strict settlement conditions for distribution utilities.

Ayala Land Inc.’s P15-billion investment in mall upgrades, alongside a broader push to refresh its hospitality portfolio, is beginning to deliver stronger returns as the property developer adapts to changing consumer behavior in the post-pandemic market.

Filinvest Cyberparks Inc. (FCI), the office leasing arm of Filinvest Land Inc. (FLI), has renewed and expanded its long-standing partnership with global IT-BPM firm Infosys BPM, marking over 12 years of collaboration.

Colliers Philippines is urging the government to raise the value-added tax (VAT) exemption ceiling for residential properties, arguing that targeted tax relief could improve affordability and help absorb Metro Manila’s growing inventory of unsold condominiums.

Rockwell Land Corp. has joined the government’s Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program, agreeing to offer preferential housing prices and incentives to qualified Pag-IBIG Fund members as the administration seeks to widen access to homeownership among working- and middle-class Filipinos.

Lenovo is bringing its flagship Tech World event back to the Consumer Electronics Show or CES 2027, hosting the January 6 keynote at Sphere to unveil innovations centered on its Hybrid AI vision: combining human and artificial intelligence to create real value. Open to credentialed guests and streamed globally, the gathering will feature top industry leaders exploring how AI serves people, business and society.

Nearly one in five mobile broadband tests in Metro Manila failed to meet the National Telecommunications Commission’s (NTC) 50 Mbps minimum speed standard, exposing persistent network gaps despite peak download speeds exceeding 400 Mbps.

The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has partnered with Singapore-based Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific (AG&P) Group to study the potential development of a liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered plant and artificial intelligence-ready digital infrastructure in New Clark City, as the emerging economic hub seeks to accommodate more technology-intensive industries.

Newly appointed Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Robert Joseph Montes de Claro has committed to accelerating the country's digital shift and delivering better public services.

Filipinos have a curious relationship with the medal table. We like to see our flag climbing it, preferably past countries with larger populations, bigger budgets, and considerably more athletes. We count golds, compare totals, calculate rankings, and wonder whether we could have done better. A silver medal is celebrated, of course, but not before someone observes that it could have been a gold.

Forensic accounting is where spreadsheets lose their innocence, receipts acquire personalities, and money is asked to explain where it has been hiding.

Where I live, Thursday mornings are dedicated to the ritualistic pilgrimage to the local talipapa, a humble expedition to secure a week’s worth of sustenance for the household. Our modest needs are dictated less by appetite and more by the pragmatic demands of advancing age. Reaching for a favorite, I inquired about the price of a kilo of pompano—a fish that, not so long ago, went for a respectable ₱440.

Cars have become remarkably good at worrying about us. They can warn when we are drifting out of a lane, tell us when another vehicle has entered our blind spot, apply the brakes when we fail to notice something ahead, and, in some cases, even keep themselves pointed in the right direction while traffic crawls along. It is an extraordinary development, particularly in a country where driving is akin to participating in a live-action negotiation with several hundred strangers. The problem is that the smarter the car becomes, the greater the temptation for us to become slightly less smart ourselves.