As artificial intelligence, automation, and mass production reshape consumer markets, demand for handmade and distinctive products is creating fresh opportunities for Philippine crafts and design exporters.
Artificial intelligence is spreading rapidly across Philippine workplaces, but the country faces a widening gap between AI adoption and the skills needed to develop and harness the technology.
The Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) on Thursday urged businesses to accelerate their adoption of artificial intelligence while ensuring that technology complements, rather than replaces, the human connections that underpin customer loyalty.
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).
Planters Products Inc. (PPI) welcomed the indictment of former agriculture secretary Leonardo Montemayor and pledged full cooperation with government prosecutors pursuing the cyber libel case over false and damaging statements against the company.
The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has teamed up with top logistics provider FAST Group to roll out BPI’s Digital Supply Chain Finance Program for the firm’s suppliers, giving them quicker access to working capital.
Global rating agency Moody’s Investors Service has raised the country’s credit rating, delivering a major vote of confidence in the nation’s financial stability and economic momentum. The rating upgrade reflects the country’s solid economic growth, disciplined fiscal management, and structural reforms that continue to shield the economy from external market turbulence.
SM Investments Corporation has earned the Institute of Corporate Directors’ highest Five Golden Arrow rating for the third straight year, based on the 2025 ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard review.