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 US is providing the Philippines up to USD600 million in grant assistance to strengthen the country’s health system, a move expected to bolster public health security while reducing the need for government resources to fund critical health programs.
Marriott Bonvoy has appointed Filipino tennis star Alex Eala as the face of its "Tennis The World" campaign across Asia Pacific excluding China, cementing her rapid rise as a major force on the global sports stage.
Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez III on Monday said his family branch sold its 25.7-percent stake in Lopez, Inc. to businessman Ramon S. Ang, reshaping the ownership of one of the Philippines’ best-known family business groups while potentially drawing a line under a long-running family dispute.
A gloomy Monday morning in Manila got a little gloomier. Alex Eala ended he stirring run at the National Bank Open in the Round of 16, where the 21-year-old Filipina fell to former champion and World No. 14 Belinda Bencic, 6-4, 6-0, in Toronto.