Wednesday, 26 November 2025, 10:32 am

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    DA urges crowdsourced oversight on farm roads nationwide

    Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. is urging farmers, local governments, and ordinary citizens to help monitor the construction of farm-to-market roads (FMRs), warning that inefficiencies and corruption in rural infrastructure continue to undermine food production and farmer incomes.

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    Boeing deepens strategy cuts as operations take center-stage – sources

    Boeing Co has embarked on deeper-than-expected cuts in its strategy ranks, halving the number of planners working within key divisions as it refocuses energies on tackling industrial pressures, people familiar with the matter said.
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    Agriculture

    Import lag spurs probe into rising red onion prices

    The Department of Agriculture–Bureau of Plant Industry (DA-BPI) has ordered onion importers to explain why permits for red onion shipments are being used far more slowly than those for yellow onions—a discrepancy officials say is contributing to the recent spike in retail prices.

    Corporate

    Oasis Hotel teams up with Converge to upgrade guest experience

    Oasis Hotel, a long-standing hospitality landmark in Angeles City, Pampanga, is stepping up its digital offerings through a new partnership with Converge Global Business, the enterprise arm of Converge ICT Solutions Inc. The collaboration will bring Converge’s advanced connectivity and hospitality platform, Content Plus, to the hotel—boosting in-room entertainment, digital services, and overall guest experience.

    Banking & Insurance

    BDO draws strong demand for oversubscribed dollar notes

    BDO Unibank Inc., the country’s largest lender controlled by the Sy Group, has successfully priced its USD500 million, five-year Fixed Rate Senior Notes, raising fresh medium-term funding to support its lending operations and liability management program.
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    Markets

    Google chips beckon as Meta weighs shift

    Shares of Alphabet jumped Tuesday after The Information reported that Meta Platforms is weighing a move to adopt Google-designed chips—a potential shake-up in the fast-moving artificial intelligence hardware race.

    Travel

    Airports recharged, reliability ramped at Panglao, Laguindingan

    Aboitiz InfraCapital (AIC) has flipped the switch on a wave of behind-the-scenes upgrades at two of the country’s busiest provincial gateways—Bohol-Panglao International Airport (BPIA)...
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    Energy

    Spanish conglomerate wins 20-year power contract

    ACCIONA Energía has secured a 20-year power supply contract for two renewable energy projects totaling 281 MW in the Philippines. The award was granted through Round 4 of the Department of Energy’s Green Energy Auction Program (GEAP).

    Transport & Communications

    PAL relaunches Manila–Sapporo winter flights

    Philippine Airlines has resumed its seasonal nonstop service between Manila and Sapporo, operating from November 24, 2025 to March 27, 2026. The route, flown every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on a 168-seater Airbus A321neo, aims to capture strong winter travel demand between the Philippines and Japan.
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    Property

    Environment

    Laguna Water expands service, cuts carbon in latest sustainability report

    Laguna Water, the largest water and wastewater service provider in Laguna, has released its 6th Sustainability Report, highlighting strong community partnerships and progress toward environmental and social goals.
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    Technology

    Filipinos face relentless surge in daily scams 

    More than three in four Filipino adults encountered a scam in the past year, with attempts striking at a pace of nearly one every two days, according to the 2025 Philippine State of Scam Report from the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) and Gogolook.

    Health & Science

    Immunization still saves lives, health experts stress

    Vaccines remain one of the most powerful tools in protecting Filipinos from deadly diseases, experts emphasized at the 26th Philippine National Immunization Conference (PNIC) in Pampanga.
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    Opinion

    Valuation shock shatters an industry titan

    November 13, 2025 will not fade easily from the memory of Manuel Villar. For the Filipino property magnate—ranked the country’s third wealthiest by Forbes—that date marked a reckoning. His flagship investment holding firm, Villar Land Holdings Corp., formerly Golden M.V. Holdings, finally submitted its long-delayed 2024 audited annual report to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). The filing arrived seven months past deadline—and detonated like a financial depth charge.

    Nets, nations, and the stingy sea

    It was an easy, sun-splashed Sunday morning on the shores of Bagac.

    Transparency on Trial: ICI to livestream hearings amid public outcry

    The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) is opening its floodgates—digitally. Soon, the commission will livestream its proceedings, bowing to public pressure for transparency that has swelled louder than the floods the controversial infrastructure projects failed to contain.

    Cebu quake exposes structural, systemic fault lines

    The recent 6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Bogo City, Cebu on September 30, offers more than just a regional wake-up call—it delivers a national warning.