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).
AFC SME Finance Inc. is expanding access to home construction financing, offering loans of up to P5 million to landowners who have regular income but may struggle to meet traditional banks’ documentation requirements.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is rolling out P97.91 million in projects to support coffee growers in the Daraghuyan Ancestral Domain, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, under the World Bank-funded Mindanao Inclusive Agriculture Development Project (MIADP).
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) will hold a public scoping meeting on October 29, 2026, for the proposed 12-megawatt waste-to-energy (WTE) facility here, a key step that gives local residents and stakeholders a voice before the project moves forward.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a revised set of regulations for credit rating agencies, putting in place a stronger system centered on better governance, greater transparency, and improved analyst competence and independence. The updated framework follows global standards set by the International Organization of Securities Commissions, helping bring local practices in line with international best practices.