The Bank of the Philippine Islands has earned two prestigious distinctions at The Asset Triple A Treasurise Awards 2026, confirming its leadership in treasury, working capital, and risk management across the country.

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® (CBTL) and partner Al-Ghunaim Trading Co. have opened their 130th café in Kuwait, capping more than two decades of expansion that has turned a single Salmiya outlet launched December 16, 2004 into one of the country’s top premium café brands.

GCash is bullish on GStocks PH’s outlook as more Filipinos turn to digital investing. Wealth Management General Manager Darvin Sy Su said the platform draws strong interest from first-time investors, with the focus now converting that early engagement into regular investing habits.

EastWest joined as a main exhibitor at the Asia Food and FIM Expo PH 2026, connecting directly with food and beverage leaders, business owners, and aspiring entrepreneurs at the World Trade Center Manila. Held September 9–12, the event gathered 161 industry players from home and abroad, highlighting innovations in packaging, labeling, and automated processing that meet strict quality and safety standards.

The Department of Energy is moving to stabilize the Visayas power supply after the grid returned to yellow and red alerts this week, just days after without any warnings.

The Department of Energy says the run of steep fuel price increases will likely stop next week, with falling global trading prices driving the shift.

Solviva Energy, the residential solar venture backed by Aboitiz Power Corporation, is expanding its service footprint across and beyond the Greater Manila area, riding growing public interest and streamlined government rules that make putting up rooftop solar systems simpler.

Major fuel firms are rolling out another round of steep price rises, marking the third consecutive week of big adjustments and prompting companies to split the increases across two days to soften immediate impact.

The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) plans to bid out a four-hectare property near Market! Market! in Bonifacio Global City by 2027, putting a potentially P40-billion site on the market for a major mixed-use development.

Ayala Land Inc. is turning to seawater desalination to strengthen water security at Lio Estate in El Nido, Palawan, as the tourism and lifestyle destination prepares for further residential, commercial and hospitality development.

Federal Land Inc. is bringing the Japanese principle of Kaizen, or continuous improvement, into its Philippine residential business as a long-term partnership with Japanese real estate and lifestyle companies moves from one project to a broader development strategy.

Ayala Land Inc.’s 290-hectare Cresendo estate in Tarlac is moving closer to becoming a full-scale industrial and urban center, with most industrial lots leased and major road, school, and commercial projects advancing alongside factory development.

The National Privacy Commission (NPC) is stepping up regulatory scrutiny of digital platforms operating in the Philippines, signaling potentially tighter compliance requirements for companies processing Filipinos’ personal data, particularly those serving children and young people.

The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) has issued a 24-hour directive for Reddit and Discord to establish local representation, stepping up state oversight after three school shootings in recent months were linked to harmful online activity.

Kissflow, a global provider of enterprise low-code and AI-powered business applications, has ranked number one in Gartner Peer Insights for AI-Augmented Low-Code Application Platforms, based on verified customer reviews over the past 12 months.

New York-listed Twilio reports AI agents now handle 46 percent of Philippine customer service conversations, set to hit 61 percent in 2027, but rising adoption brings a critical challenge: AI amnesia, where systems forget past interactions and force users to repeat themselves.

Senator-judge Raffy Tulfo asked a deceptively simple question during Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial: Why did no one in her legal orbit tell her to divest from her businesses before she took her oath?

Filipinos have never really needed an invitation to love basketball. Give us a hoop, a ball, and approximately four square meters of concrete and we will figure out the rest. There is no requirement for proper flooring, air-conditioning, seating, parking, or even a complete understanding of the rules. Someone will keep score. Someone will call a phantom foul. Someone will bend the rules to ridiculous proportions in plain sight. So when the National Basketball Association brought basketball to the Philippines once again, nobody complained. After all, Filipinos have been quite willing to make room for basketball for decades. We simply cleared a little more space.

When the US Federal Reserve, the world’s most influential central bank, moves interest rates, Manila can feel the ripple, even 8,500 miles away. The effects do not arrive all at once, and they do not affect everyone in the same way. But eventually, they can show up in the mortgage, car loan, credit card bill, and even the grocery budget.

There are two kinds of Filipino motorists: those looking for a parking space and those who have already found one and are determined not to tell you where it is. Parking has become one of the more demanding sports in modern Philippine life. It requires patience, spatial awareness, quick reflexes, and, occasionally, the ability to stare at another motorist for several seconds without saying anything that could get you into trouble.