AREIT Inc., the real estate investment trust sponsored by Ayala Land Inc., has secured shareholder approval to add six commercial properties valued at P17.3 billion to its portfolio.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has given the go-ahead for DragonFi Securities Inc. to test its new financial products and services under the agency’s regulatory sandbox.

Mynt Inc., the parent company behind the Philippines' leading finance super app GCash, has secured full backing from a heavyweight mix of international and domestic financial giants for its upcoming initial public offering (IPO).

Strategic communications agency Comm&Sense, Inc. is celebrating its 20th anniversary on a high note, taking home 2nd Runner-Up for Agency of the Year at the prestigious 22nd Philippine Quill Awards, hosted by IABC Philippines. This recognition extends the firm’s streak to six straight Agency of the Year nominations dating back to 2019.

Cebu-based property developer Oakridge Realty Development Corporation (ORDC) has broadened its partnership with the First Gen Group through a new agreement covering rooftop solar installations at its Mantlewood Town Center and the final rollout of solar facilities at Oakridge Business Park. Officials from both firms signed the deal on September 23.

ACEN Corp., the renewable energy arm of the Ayala...

Alternergy Holdings Corp. is starting to see the payoff from its renewable energy buildout, with revenue and operating earnings jumping in fiscal 2026 as new capacity came online and bigger projects moved closer to commercial operations.

The Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (APECO) is targeting up to 1 gigawatt (GW) of renewable energy capacity in Casiguran, Aurora, as it seeks to build the power infrastructure needed to attract manufacturers and accelerate industrialization in the province.

AREIT Inc. is broadening its retail and hospitality exposure through a P17.3-billion property infusion from Ayala Land Inc. (ALI), a move expected to diversify its income base and create additional room for dividend growth.

The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) is preparing a new housing financing scheme that would tap unsold condominium units for the Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program, giving private developers another channel to clear inventory while widening affordable housing options in Metro Manila.

The Lind Hotels will launch The Lind Coron in 2027, expanding the Filipino hospitality brand into Palawan and coming back to the place where its story first started.

NUVALI is set to welcome 10 new retail, dining, wellness and service establishments in the fourth quarter, expanding the commercial mix at The Shops NUVALI at Central Bloc in Laguna.

The government lifted the looming ban on Discord following productive negotiations on online safety compliance and child protection standards. The decision, announced Thursday by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC), prevents a prolonged shutdown of the popular messaging platform in the country.

TP Philippines, formerly known as Teleperformance, is opening more than 10,000 customer expert positions nationwide, adding to its 60,000-strong workforce as the company expands its footprint in the country’s information technology-business process management (IT-BPM) sector.

OpenAI is bringing ChatGPT Ads to the Philippines, giving businesses a new way to reach consumers as they research products, compare options and make buying decisions through AI.

The Philippine information technology-business process management (IT-BPM) industry continues to face hiring bottlenecks, with only two in every 10 applicants successfully recruited, as education gaps, skills mismatches and artificial intelligence (AI) reshape workforce requirements.

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.