The Philippines is positioned to attract fresh semiconductor investments as surging demand for artificial intelligence (AI), electric vehicles and advanced computing drives manufacturers to expand production and diversify supply chains across Asia Pacific.
The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) and the University of the Philippines Alumni Engineers, Inc. (UPAE) have partnered to launch a financing program that will help qualified UP engineering students finish their degrees with greater financial ease. This is BPI’s first student financing partnership with a university alumni organization, under the UPAE Study Now, Pay Later Program.
VinFast is offering incentives of up to USD60,000 per showroom to recruit dealership partners in the Philippines, stepping up efforts to establish a broader distribution network for electric motorcycles in Southeast Asia.
Globe is calling for a National Utility Resiliency Plan that treats telecom restoration as a top priority alongside power and other essential services during disasters.