The number of women holding executive positions in listed firms equals 40 percent of companies but they occupy only functional or support roles, a study conducted by Philippine Women’s Economic Network (PhilWEN) and the Philippine Business Coalition for Women Empowerment showed.
Security Bank Corp., the 10th largest lender in the country, said Tuesday it raised P20 billion through the issuance of Fixed-Rate Peso Corporate Bonds due in 2029 that carry an annual interest rate of 6.05 percent.
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) on Monday bared plans to spend up to P5 billion to build a new off-ramp at Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) from the NAIA Expressway to help ease traffic congestion in the area and improve accessibility to the country's main international gateway.
The Department of Agriculture on Saturday concluded a series of consultations in Calabarzon refining protocols that govern the movement of healthy hogs amid a resurgence of the dreaded African swine fever (ASF), particularly in Batangas.
ACEN Corp., the renewable energy arm of the Ayala Group., said Monday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with GenZero and Keppel Ltd. to jointly explore transition credits for accelerating the retirement of the South Luzon Thermal Energy Corp. coal-fired power plant in Batangas and replace it with a clean energy dispatch facility.
The Philippines posted a US$706-million balance of payments (BOP) surplus in October, signaling an improvement in external accounts and helping lift the gross international reserves (GIR) to US$110.2 billion.
The Philippines has the highest level of consumer optimism in e-commerce across Southeast Asia, according to Blackbox Research’s new Insight Report, “The Next Leap for E-Commerce in Southeast Asia.”
Environment Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla on Wednesday reaffirmed the country's drive toward responsible, tech-powered mineral development as global demand surges for critical resources needed in a low-carbon economy.
Alliance Global Group Inc. (AGI) is looking to raise as much as P27.7 billion through a warrant sale and the eventual exercise of those warrants into common shares, as the conglomerate seeks to strengthen its balance sheet and ramp up real estate investments.