For a country where typhoons feel like subscription services and earthquakes show up uninvited, connectivity is not a luxury. It is survival. This year, help is not coming by truck or chopper. It is coming straight from the sky.
Globe Telecom closed 2025 with solid earnings despite heavier depreciation and financing costs, underscoring how scale, data-led growth and digital finance continue to anchor profitability even as margins faced pressure.
Globe Telecom Inc. has completed its joint venture with Singapore-based technology services firm NCS Pte. Ltd., strengthening its push to scale advanced ICT capabilities across the Asia-Pacific region.
Globe Telecom Inc, the financial technology and telecom unit of the Ayala Group, has warned that online piracy could undermine the growth of the Philippine creative industry, which the Department of Trade and Industry expects to contribute up to P2 trillion to gross domestic product this year.
Philippine business groups have warned that acts of intimidation and hatred could damage investor confidence, tourism and the country’s global reputation, urging authorities to quickly identify those responsible and enforce the law.
Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) announced Sunday that electricity rates in its service area will likely decrease this August, ahead of the official rate adjustment set to be released on August 10. The company said a newly approved refund from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will be enough to cover other upward adjustments in monthly bills.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stood by its decision to set term limits for broker-directors of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). Under SEC Memorandum Circular No. 17, these directors may serve a maximum of 10 years in total at any exchange.