A new global study by Cisco has revealed that only 12 percent of organizations in the Philippines are fully prepared to scale and extract value from artificial intelligence (AI), exposing a significant gap between AI ambition and operational readiness in the country.
Manulife on Friday acknowledged that over 75 percent of its global workforce is now actively engaged with generative AI (GenAI) tools, including ChatMFC, its proprietary AI assistant introduced in 2024.
The country’s resource officials have teamed up with the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) to produce an inventory of resources that will serve as basis for a policy framework down the line.
What began as a small startup serving three cities in Rizal has evolved into one of the Philippines' biggest business-to-business technology platforms for sari-sari stores, underscoring how digital tools are reshaping the country's oldest retail network rather than replacing it.
Filipinos are heading into President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s fifth State of the Nation Address with a clear message that rhetoric alone will no longer suffice. A new nationwide survey suggests the public is looking less for a report card and more for evidence that government promises are translating into meaningful action.
The Philippine steel industry is urging the government to move faster in adopting mandatory seismic-grade reinforcing steel bars, arguing that every month of delay leaves buildings and lives unnecessarily exposed in one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries.
The Philippines may have escaped the worst of Washington's latest tariff offensive, giving exporters a relative edge over regional competitors even as global trade tensions continue to escalate.