PMFTC says BIR crackdown curbs illicit cigarette trade
Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corp. (PMFTC) said intensified enforcement by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and other government agencies has helped reduce illicit cigarette trade, potentially limiting tax leakages from untaxed tobacco products.
PSA, GCash bring National ID, finance closer communities
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and GCash are bringing National ID registration and digital financial services closer to communities, seeking to remove a key barrier keeping millions of Filipinos outside the formal financial system.
Concentrix deploys AI to boost Philippine workforce
Concentrix Philippines is integrating learning, quality, analytics, governance, and artificial intelligence under a new Performance Engineering Team (PET), aiming to lift productivity, detect operational problems earlier, and improve workforce performance.
Security Bank turns employee entrepreneurship into scholarship support for 75th anniversary
Security Bank marked its 75th anniversary by channeling employee business spirit into community good, with proceeds from the annual People's Fair Marketplace going directly to the Security Bank Foundation's Regalo Mo, Kinabukasan Ko Scholarship Program.
Philippine poverty is falling, no time for victory laps
Poverty is not just an empty wallet. It can be a family scrambling to keep a child in school, relatives walking farther to fetch clean water, or a household wrestling with a stubborn internet signal while the rest of the world moves on.
