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China Banking Corp., one of the banks of the Sy Group, is raising shareholder returns, underscoring resilience amid global uncertainty. Its board has approved P7.5 billion in total cash dividends, equivalent to 27 percent of its P28 billion net income for 2025.

If you think city life is stressful, try being a wide-eyed, bug-eating primate barely the size of a fist, living next to roads, construction, and the occasional chainsaw. Meet the Philippine tarsier, now confirmed to be quietly surviving in the middle of urban Tacloban.

“Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every house divided against itself will not stand.” In the Lopez corporate universe, the verse now reads less like scripture and more like a live governance case file—complete with injunctions, contested boardrooms, and competing versions of who nearly switched off the lights.

The Philippines recorded improvements in financial inclusion in 2025, according to a report by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), with more young people and women gaining access to financial accounts.