Irma Isip

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Irma Isip is a seasoned business journalist covering corporate developments, international trade, and economic trends. A University of Santo Tomas graduate, she spent over 15 years as Business Editor at Malaya Business Insight, delivering clear, insightful reporting on key market and industry developments.

Sunlight Air chooses precision over size aloft

In an aviation industry often driven by scale and speed, Sunlight Air is taking a more measured route. The boutique carrier is building its business around efficiency, discipline, and destination depth, convinced that smarter operations can deliver both commercial returns and environmental gains.

PSAC urges stronger funding for Philippines startups 

The Private Sector Advisory Council is raising a clear warning. In a recent meeting with the Department of Trade and Industry, PSAC said the Philippine startup scene is slipping behind Southeast Asian peers, not for lack of ideas but for lack of capital that actually moves.

Lunar New Year: Red envelopes kick-start the business mood

The Lunar New Year, by law, is a special non-working holiday in the Philippines.

Aboitiz focus on industry, townships follow jobs

For three decades, the Aboitiz Group has been quietly building a real estate portfolio that spans homes, offices, and commercial spaces. But in recent years, it has made a deliberate pivot away from crowded residential battlegrounds toward a less glamorous, far more strategic corner of the market: industrial development. The bet is simple but bold—build where factories, logistics, and infrastructure go first, and let communities grow organically around them.

Damosa Land moves carefully after breakout in 2025

After closing a volatile but ultimately record-breaking 2025, Damosa Land is entering the new year with a sharpened strategy, fresh capital commitments, and a development pipeline defined less by aggressive expansion and more by disciplined execution.

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RLC to more than double logistics footprint by 2030 

Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC) is positioning logistics as its next major growth engine, planning to more than double its industrial and warehouse footprint by 2030 as it seeks to deepen recurring income.

Roblox experience shows platform is more than gaming 

Roblox wants users to look beyond the games.

ASEAN urged to tighten tobacco export controls 

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should tighten export controls and harmonize requirements for tobacco products to curb illicit trade that is costing governments billions in lost revenues, JTI Philippines (JTIP) said.

Eala falls to Anisimova, exits Cincinnati Open

Alex Eala had the perfect opening act in the Round of 32 in Cincinnati. Unfortunately for the Filipina tennis trailblazer, Amanda Anisimova had a better idea for the ending.
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