The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has relieved four district engineers and senior officials from their posts amid separate corruption allegations, in line with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to weed out corrupt personnel across government.

Lawyer Juan Alfonso “Alfie” D. Suarez, Chief People, Corporate Services and Sustainability Officer of EastWest, has been named a People Manager Exemplar by the People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP). The award celebrates his more than three decades of championing people-centered growth, building strong leadership pipelines, and creating positive workplace cultures.

Philippine businesses scored 72 out of 100 in the country’s first Business Trust Index, barely clearing the stability threshold, with real estate emerging as the least trusted of nine sectors surveyed.