BDO Foundation’s financial education program KITA (Kapital at Ipon Tungo sa Asenso) Mo Na! has been named Financial Inclusion Initiative of the Year at the 2025 Asian Banking & Finance (ABF) Retail Banking Awards.
Palay production in the first half of 2025 is estimated to have reached 9.08 million metric tons, up 6.4 percent from 8.53 million tons in the same period last year.
The Ayala Group has expanded its support for the Department of Education’s Balik Eskwela initiative by deploying over 2,400 employee volunteers to 116 schools nationwide through its Brigadang Ayala Balik Eskwela program.
Tanduay, the flagship liquor brand of Lucio Tan’s business empire, has secured the 7th spot in The Spirits Business magazine’s 2024 Top 10 Best-Selling Brand Champions list, making it the only rum—and only Filipino—brand to break into the global ranking.
Globe Telecom reaffirmed its commitment to digital inclusion and infrastructure development during the Digital Bayanihan event in Tawi-Tawi, led by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).
Metro Retail Stores Group Inc. (MRSGI), the retail company led by the Gaisano family, reported that its net income nearly doubled in the first quarter of the year to P25.84 million from P13.38 million a year earlier, driven mainly by strong performance in its food retail business.
SteelAsia Manufacturing Corporation has secured a P1.25-billion green loan from Taiwan-based Cathay United Bank, boosting the Philippine steelmaker’s low-carbon expansion plans and reinforcing regional sustainable finance momentum.
Senators on Monday took their oath as judges to begin the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, pledging “to do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws of the Philippines.” Duterte, impeached last week by the House, faces charges including constitutional violations, graft, unexplained wealth, and allegedly plotting to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. A Senate summons requires her to respond within 10 calendar days and later appear for the trial. Conviction will need 16 senators’ votes.