Independent Filipino ad agency GIGIL emerged as the Philippines’ top performer at the 2026 Asia Pacific Effie Awards, winning gold and bronze honors and securing third place in the region’s Independent Agency of the Year rankings.

Semirara Mining and Power Corporation has challenged the Department of Energy’s latest bidding rules, warning that the revised guidelines undermine the national government's intent to foster long-term industrial productivity and resource stability.

More than 30 members of the Tagbanua Tandulanen Indigenous Cultural Community from 11 El Nido barangays recently took part in disaster preparedness training organized by PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications. Held alongside work on the Palawan Resiliency Submarine Cable Project, the effort underscores that stronger connectivity goes hand in hand with stronger communities.

A fresh wave of upcoming initial public offerings, led by GCash parent Mynt Inc., is bringing renewed attention to the Philippine stock market and expanding choices for everyday investors.

US investment giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) is eyeing a bigger Philippine footprint, targeting fresh opportunities in infrastructure, fintech, energy, healthcare and advanced manufacturing as it explores financing projects under the Luzon Economic Corridor (LEC).

Motorists and households will welcome a bigger price drop for gasoline this week, but diesel users face higher costs as fuel companies implement mixed changes for the third week running, the Department of Energy (DOE) confirmed Monday.

Businesses in Cebu and across the Visayas must invest in more resilient power systems as structural grid challenges are expected to persist through 2028, according to COREPLUS, a subsidiary of Vivant Energy.

At least eleven power generation companies have expressed intent to bid for the 900-megawatt supply contract of Manila Electric Company, signaling strong market interest and competitive prospects for the distribution utility’s long-term power requirement.

Megaworld Corp. and Federal Land Inc. are preparing separate partnerships with Pag-IBIG Fund to widen access to affordable homes, adding two major property players to the government’s expanding housing drive.

At least 50,000 housing units will be offered to prospective homebuyers by more than 80 property developers at the government-led 2nd National Housing Expo 2026 on October 19 to 20 at the SMX Convention Center Manila in Pasay City, as the government seeks to widen access to homeownership through closer coordination between developers and housing finance institutions.

In property development, green credentials can help sell a dream. Southlinks Estate now has five stars to back up the pitch—but turning a sustainable masterplan into a sustainable neighbourhood is the harder part.

DMCI Homes has entered the government’s Expanded Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program through a partnership with Pag-IBIG Fund, opening a potential new financing pathway for homebuyers, beginning with its Anissa Heights condominium development in Pasay City.

The National Privacy Commission (NPC) and Globe Telecom are strengthening efforts to protect Filipino children from online privacy risks and promote responsible use of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI).

US investment giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) is eyeing a bigger Philippine footprint, targeting fresh opportunities in infrastructure, fintech, energy, healthcare and advanced manufacturing as it explores financing projects under the Luzon Economic Corridor (LEC).

Philippine organizations are struggling to secure artificial intelligence (AI) agents and coordinate cyber defense operations, even as they demonstrate stronger-than-average cybersecurity readiness, according to Cisco’s latest report.

The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) is turning to energy management technology to help businesses cut electricity costs, reduce waste and sharpen the competitiveness of the country’s economic zones.

There was a time when watching a basketball game largely meant arguing about the referee, questioning the coach’s substitutions, and insisting that the player who missed three free throws should have been benched in the second quarter. These remain perfectly respectable ways to ruin a Sunday afternoon. Of late, however, there is increasingly another reason to get worked up over a game: money.

Quite a lot of us have had the experience. We open our banking app to send P500 to a godson for his birthday, and the screen politely informs us that this act of generosity will cost us P25. Nakagulat. Five percent of our kindness, gone—not to our godson, not to charity, but to a fee whose only visible purpose is to exist. Haay naku.

Apparently, the moment Alex Eala cracked the WTA top 20, she also signed an imaginary contract to win every match.

Filipino motorists appreciate the freedom to leave the house on a given morning without checking the last digit of the license plate. In Metro Manila, this can be worth a surprising amount of money. A day without number coding means another day of using the car, another day without arranging a ride, another day without pondering why a perfectly serviceable vehicle has to stay in the garage. So when a salesperson mentions that a particular electrified vehicle can be driven even on its coding day, a prospective buyer has incentive to sit up a little straighter.