Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) Director General Teodoro C. Pascua said artificial intelligence could become a powerful engine for transforming Filipino ideas into globally competitive products, provided innovation is matched with stronger protection of intellectual property rights.
The Philippines' growing role in the global artificial intelligence supply chain is expected to provide an important buffer against slowing growth, higher oil prices and lingering trade uncertainties, according to the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO).
The Philippines’ fast-growing adoption of artificial intelligence is opening new doors for businesses but also creating a more complex cybersecurity battlefield, with threats evolving at a pace that traditional defenses may struggle to match.
Artificial intelligence is having quite the glow-up. It can write your emails, summarize your meetings, plan your vacation, and even explain quantum physics without breaking a sweat.
New Clark City is rapidly emerging as the Philippines’ boldest bet in semiconductors and artificial intelligence, with the Marcos administration positioning the fast-rising metropolis as a centerpiece of the Luzon Economic Corridor and the country’s next wave of industrial growth.
Century Properties Group (CPG) is putting P5.6 billion into a premium housing project in General Trias, Cavite, as it expands beyond Metro Manila to capture rising residential demand around Southern Luzon’s growing industrial and employment centers.
The nation's overall balance of payments, or what is left after its foreign exchange expenses are deducted from its earnings, recorded a smaller deficit in the first half of 2026, driven by a surge of cross-border financial activity that helped absorb a widening trade gap. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) covering January to June reveals the external balance logged a $3.9 billion deficit—representing 1.6 percent of gross domestic product—marking a noticeable improvement from the $5.6 billion shortfall, or 2.4 percent of GDP, recorded during the same period last year.
The Philippines has added 10 influential names to one of its highest cultural honors, recognizing artists whose work has helped shape how Filipinos build their cities, move their bodies, tell stories, preserve traditions, and see themselves as a nation.
Gilas Pilipinas kept its Asian Games basketball title defense alive with a 31-point rout of Kazakhstan, 109-78, Saturday night, moving to 1-1 in Group C and boosting its quarterfinal chances with a much-needed shooting display.