The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is optimistic about completing the guidelines for incentives to encourage businesses to comply with the Expanded Producers’ Responsibility (EPR) Act, a key policy aimed at reducing plastic waste in the Philippines.
Ayala Corporation has announced the appointment of Juan Carlos L. Syquia as its new deputy chief financial officer (CFO), effective May 2025, in line with the company’s succession planning ahead of the upcoming retirement of current CFO Alberto M. de Larrazabal.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has announced a new partnership with the major retail chains to distribute affordable rice nationwide, aimed at stabilizing prices and improving access for Filipino households.
DigiPlus Interactive Corp. has announced a significant milestone in its growth, doubling its active user base in 2024 to 40 million from 20 million in 2023.
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has granted Bac-Man Geothermal Inc. (BGI) approval to develop a dedicated transmission infrastructure that will connect its 20-megawatt Tanawon geothermal power plant to the Luzon Grid.
For Philippine manufacturers, the next factory may require more than retained earnings and a friendly bank. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is urging them to look beyond traditional financing and prepare to tap the capital markets as they scale up.
In high school, our mentors taught us noun declensions, Caesar’s campaigns in Gaul and four-part harmony. Somewhere between Latin and music, we also acquired the comforting belief that we were neither rich nor poor. With P50 in our pockets, we could go places and still come home with change. Life was a picnic. We did not realize the picnic had an expiry date.
The road to a MICHELIN award does not always pass through a famous culinary school. Sometimes, it begins with an overseas job, a stint aboard a ship, and years spent building a career far from home.