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    Jun Vallecera

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    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...

    Post Valentine BIR, lotto operators meet resolves confusion over tax

    The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) recently met with the operators of the various lotto outlets in the country to flesh out the confusion...

    Cybersecurity vendor warns of new info-stealer malware

    The virus information stealer Vidar has been spreading through internet domains claiming to be associated with the remote desktop software company AnyDesk. This was reported...

    Challenging 2022 economic landscape pushed SCG Philippines profits south

    SCG Philippines, which locally markets its cement and building materials directly from facilities in Thailand, has reported continued profitable if significantly eroded operations in...

    On the economy, while IMF frets, Guinigundo sizzles

    Key International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials urged central banks to ensure that their policy responses remain appropriately restrictive and should stay in place long...

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    VITRO Inc. reports record growth in colocation business

    VITRO Inc., the data center division of the PLDT Group and a wholly-owned subsidiary of ePLDT, has posted a 36 percent year-on-year revenue increase in its colocation business for the first half of the year.

    MPCALA partners to complete CALAX construction

    MPCALA Holdings Inc., the concessionaire of the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX), has signed an agreement with EEI Corporation and CM Pancho Construction, Inc. (CMPCI) to complete the remaining construction works of CALAX.

    FDI remains a vital capital source despite slower inflows

    Foreign direct investments (FDI) continue to provide critical supplementary capital that the Philippines cannot generate domestically, despite a slowdown in inflows, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

    Jobless rate hits 3-year high 5.3% in July amid storms

    The country’s unemployment rate rose to 5.3 percent in July 2025, the highest level since August 2022, despite a shrinking labor force—weighed down largely by a series of storms and widespread flooding, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Wednesday.
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