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Gatchalian backs Pax Silica as next big industry
Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian is backing the Philippines’ bid to secure the proposed Pax Silica high-technology manufacturing hub, calling the project a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to draw foreign direct investments, create jobs, and build the country’s next major growth engine after business process outsourcing.
Violent games are no simple school-shooting trigger
Every generation gets its villain. In 1979, it was Voltes V and other Japanese robot cartoons. Today, as the Philippines confronts fresh school shootings, the finger is pointing at Roblox.
MAP sees subdued Q4, eyes 2027 recovery
The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) expects business conditions to remain subdued through the fourth quarter of 2026, with limited prospects for a consumer-led rebound before yearend, even as it sees a stronger recovery taking shape in 2027.
Philippine exporters leave £92M UK tariff benefits unclaimed
Philippine exporters left an estimated £92 million, or about P7.7 billion, worth of eligible shipments to the United Kingdom without claiming preferential tariff treatment in 2025, highlighting a potentially costly gap in the use of the UK’s Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS).
SM Group wins 12 Stevies across business, communities
Even a shopping mall, for the SM Group, apparently, can moonlight as a library, an art gallery, an environmental command center, and a community hub.
EastWest Bank wins dual international finance awards; expands access to wealth & investment options
EastWest Bank has secured two honors from the International Finance Magazine (IFM): Most Innovative Securities Broker – Philippines and Best Priority Banking Experience – Philippines — marking its fourth straight win in the Priority Banking category.
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Gatchalian backs Pax Silica as next big industry
Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian is backing the Philippines’ bid to secure the proposed Pax Silica high-technology manufacturing hub, calling the project a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to draw foreign direct investments, create jobs, and build the country’s next major growth engine after business process outsourcing.
Violent games are no simple school-shooting trigger
Every generation gets its villain. In 1979, it was Voltes V and other Japanese robot cartoons. Today, as the Philippines confronts fresh school shootings, the finger is pointing at Roblox.
MAP sees subdued Q4, eyes 2027 recovery
The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) expects business conditions to remain subdued through the fourth quarter of 2026, with limited prospects for a consumer-led rebound before yearend, even as it sees a stronger recovery taking shape in 2027.
Philippine exporters leave £92M UK tariff benefits unclaimed
Philippine exporters left an estimated £92 million, or about P7.7 billion, worth of eligible shipments to the United Kingdom without claiming preferential tariff treatment in 2025, highlighting a potentially costly gap in the use of the UK’s Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS).
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Gatchalian backs Pax Silica as next big industry
Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian is backing the Philippines’ bid to secure the proposed Pax Silica high-technology manufacturing hub, calling the project a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to draw foreign direct investments, create jobs, and build the country’s next major growth engine after business process outsourcing.
Violent games are no simple school-shooting trigger
Every generation gets its villain. In 1979, it was Voltes V and other Japanese robot cartoons. Today, as the Philippines confronts fresh school shootings, the finger is pointing at Roblox.
MAP sees subdued Q4, eyes 2027 recovery
The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) expects business conditions to remain subdued through the fourth quarter of 2026, with limited prospects for a consumer-led rebound before yearend, even as it sees a stronger recovery taking shape in 2027.
Philippine exporters leave £92M UK tariff benefits unclaimed
Philippine exporters left an estimated £92 million, or about P7.7 billion, worth of eligible shipments to the United Kingdom without claiming preferential tariff treatment in 2025, highlighting a potentially costly gap in the use of the UK’s Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS).
SM Group wins 12 Stevies across business, communities
Even a shopping mall, for the SM Group, apparently, can moonlight as a library, an art gallery, an environmental command center, and a community hub.
EastWest Bank wins dual international finance awards; expands access to wealth & investment options
EastWest Bank has secured two honors from the International Finance Magazine (IFM): Most Innovative Securities Broker – Philippines and Best Priority Banking Experience – Philippines — marking its fourth straight win in the Priority Banking category.
Vivant’s COREnergy to supply 0.6MW power to Cebu’s JEG Tower under 2-year fixed-rate deal
COREnergy, the energy retail subsidiary of listed firm Vivant Corp., has secured a contract to supply 0.6 megawatts of electricity to JEG Tower in Cebu City, marking a key expansion of its commercial client base and advancing its parent group’s broader energy investment and growth targets.
Low conviction rate in power theft cases fuels reform push; DOE proposes phased removal of non-technical systems loss charges
Only 21 out of 548 electricity pilferage cases recorded since 2022 have resulted in convictions, data presented at the Senate Committee on Energy hearing on August 18 showed, revealing severe enforcement gaps under Republic Act 7832 or the Anti-Electricity and Electric Transmission Lines/Materials Pilferage Act of 1994.
Agri damage hits P1.73B; TD Neneng now included
Agricultural losses from the enhanced monsoon and storms Luis, Maymay, and TD Neneng rose to P1.73B, the DA said in its Aug. 20, 7 a.m. advisory — up from P1.42B on Aug. 17 before Neneng’s effects were tallied.
PSE sets Robinsons Retail delisting on Aug 31
Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. (RRHI), part of the Gokongwei Group, is set to end its tenure as a publicly listed company at the end of August, after the Philippine Stock Exchange approved its petition for voluntary delisting.