Gilas Pilipinas knew the Australian Boomers were coming. What they didn’t see coming was a first-quarter blitz of long-range bombs—seven of them—that turned the quarterfinal showdown into a rout before the dust even settled.
Justin Brownlee doesn’t have the heart—or the guts, really—to let down the millions of basketball-crazed Filipinos back home and around the globe, especially not the ones who stayed glued to their screens through 2 a.m. on a Tuesday, Manila time, praying to the basketball gods for a miracle.
The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) has cautioned regional wage boards against automatically following Metro Manila's latest minimum wage increase, arguing that wage adjustments should reflect local economic realities rather than establish a nationwide template.
The Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources are taking steps to save a key tool used against illegal fishing after a recent Supreme Court ruling. The high court recently declared Fisheries Administrative Order No. 266 unconstitutional, effectively striking down the requirement for commercial fishing vessels to install tracking devices and submit electronic catch reports.
Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast is accelerating its push into the Philippine market by rolling out 21 motorcycle showrooms alongside a nationwide battery-swapping network, betting that convenience, rather than vehicle technology alone, will determine how quickly Filipinos embrace electric two-wheelers.