Premium tea chain CHAGEE is ramping up its Philippine expansion, growing its store network to 16 locations within eight months of entering the market and exploring opportunities to source more ingredients locally as it deepens its presence in the country.
Some executives build companies through spreadsheets and strategy meetings. Eugene Erik Lapasaran Lim has done that too, but many of his best business conversations happen around the family dinner table.
ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) is launching a new limited talk series titled ANC Presents Succession, which features in-depth conversations with heirs of the Philippines’ most prominent business empires. Premiering June 1, the 30-minute episodes are hosted by entrepreneur Ian Paradies, founder of Engkanto Brewery and a former ICTSI executive.
For years, residents of Barangay 128 in Tondo lived with the heavy burden of Metro Manila’s waste problem. Located near the old Smokey Mountain dumpsite and along Manila Bay, the community endured foul odors from rotting garbage, plastic-choked waterways, and fast-rising floods even during light rains, as local official Wendy Cañeda recalled. Today, however, conditions have greatly improved, thanks to the Eco-Ikot Center launched in October 2024.
The Gokongwei Brothers Foundation (GBF), in partnership with food and beverage industry leader Universal Robina Corp. (URC), operates the Iskolar ni Juan scholarship program to provide young Filipinos—especially those unable to afford college education—with a clear alternative pathway toward stable employment.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has granted P149.35 million in tax relief to 2,379 micro taxpayers in three months, as participation in its one-time tax abatement program accelerates ahead of the Dec. 31, 2026 deadline.
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) and Pag-IBIG Fund are teaming up to develop housing and other projects on BCDA-owned properties, starting with about 14 hectares in New Clark City.
Cars have become remarkably good at worrying about us. They can warn when we are drifting out of a lane, tell us when another vehicle has entered our blind spot, apply the brakes when we fail to notice something ahead, and, in some cases, even keep themselves pointed in the right direction while traffic crawls along. It is an extraordinary development, particularly in a country where driving is akin to participating in a live-action negotiation with several hundred strangers. The problem is that the smarter the car becomes, the greater the temptation for us to become slightly less smart ourselves.