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    Jun Vallecera

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    8-man Japan team arriving to help manage Mindoro ecological disaster

    Japan is sending an eight-man team of experts to help the Philippines control and remove an oil slick that is quickly evolving into an ecological disaster.

    Fitch Ratings: Phl to prove itself resilient amid low growth, rising risk asset scenario

    London- and New York City-headquartered Fitch Ratings said so-called asset-quality risks the various Philippine banks face at present are increasing due to the rising cost of living and higher interest rates.

    It’s not easy being a millennial, survey says

    More than half or 51 percent of millennials are discouraged from pursuing their chosen career path in full as this has proven inadequate to provide for their financial needs, a study financed by CIMB Bank Philippines show.

    Anti-inflation liquidity suppression results in fewer January loan take outs

    There were fewer loan take outs among the universal and commercial licensed banks (U/KBs) in January when so-called domestic liquidity, essentially money readily available...

    Dollar bond sales push BOP into surplus in January

    The country’s balance of payments (BOP), a snapshot of foreign currency earnings minus its expenses, swung into a surplus in January this year from...

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    Trump sidesteps court, raises global tariff to 15%

    Just hours after the US Supreme Court struck down his global tariff regime, President Donald Trump did what markets have come to expect and went bigger.

    EastWest profit surges on strong momentum

    East West Banking Corp., the country’s 11th largest lender by assets, capped 2025 with a 21 percent jump in net income to P9.2 billion, powered by robust core revenues, double-digit fee growth and tighter cost discipline, underscoring the bank’s expanding earnings engine in a competitive market.

    Rafael Fernandez de Mesa: The other Rafa who built his own court

    Rafael Fernandez de Mesa likes to open with a joke. In another life, he says, he might have been the first Rafa people talked about. Instead, that distinction belongs to Rafael Nadal. Fernandez de Mesa found his arena elsewhere, trading baseline rallies for balance sheets.

    When safety grounds flights, bills soar

    Gilbert had barely settled into his seat on a Friday evening flight bound for Manila, pleased to be heading home after several days of meetings in Mindanao. An hour later, the single-aisle jet remained parked on the tarmac at Francisco Bangoy International Airport, engines silent, cabin restless.
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