Bank lending continued to expand in August but at a slower rate of 7.2 percent, significantly less than lending growth averaging 7.7 percent in July, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Wednesday, citing preliminary data.
Meta Platforms is exploring a plan that could make users in the European Union shell out as much as $14 to access ad-free versions of Instagram or Facebook or agree to personalized ads for the free versions, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
An interagency committee has laid the predicate—declining prices and increasing supply--for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to lift the price cap on rice he implemented last month to curb inflation and buy time to go after grain smuggler and hoarders.
An increasing number of companies are paying bonuses to executives in the pursuit of sustainability. Driven by an ever-growing focus on global issues, more than three-quarters of large, publicly traded companies in Europe and North America now use environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) metrics when determining executive bonuses.
he Philippines recorded a $225 million balance of payments (BOP) deficit in November 2025, bringing the year-to-date shortfall to US$4.8 billion, according to official data.
The Aboitiz Foundation, through OneAboitiz, provided home recovery assistance to 285 families in Liloan, Cebu whose houses were totally damaged by Typhoon Tino. Each family received ₱30,000 to help start rebuilding, bringing total support for the municipality to ₱8.5 million.
Team Philippines turned the penultimate day of the 33rd Southeast Asian Games into a full-blown medal rush. It was a fitting reminder that when the stakes spike, Filipino teams don’t just rise, they soar and roar.
Edgar “Injap” Sia II is not known for thinking small. But the DoubleDragon chairman’s latest target—P500 billion in annual revenue and P50 billion in net income by 2035—pushes even his own reputation for audacity.