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Philippines sends largest ship, aircraft to drive away Chinese vessel in waters near Taiwan
MANILA — The Philippines’ coast guard said on Thursday that it has deployed its largest vessel and an…
Read more →Philippines’ manufacturing PMI contracts in September
PHILIPPINE factory activity contracted in September, showing a deterioration for the first time since April, due to a…
Read more →Google announces Gemini 4 flagship AI model after months of delays
SAN FRANCISCO — Alphabet’s Google on Wednesday announced a new top-tier artificial intelligence model to anchor its Gemini…
Read more →Passengers foil bid to crash Dubai-Tel Aviv flight, Israel says, after co-pilot stabs pilot
JERUSALEM/DUBAI/TEL AVIV — Passengers on a flydubai flight reached Israel safely on Wednesday after customers and crew foiled…
Read more →Swiss glaciers lose more than 5% of ice after record heatwave
LES DIABLERETS, Switzerland — Swiss glaciers are shrinking rapidly after suffering one of their worst years of ice…
Read more →August bank lending growth fastest in three months
PHILIPPINE BANKS’ lending to businesses and consumers continued to grow in August, accelerating to its fastest pace in…
Read more →Second judge blocks Trump’s $100,000 fee for new H-1B worker visas
A SECOND federal judge on Wednesday blocked an unprecedented $100,000 fee that US President Donald Trump has imposed…
Read more →September inflation likely quickened
By Katherine K. Chan, Reporter PHILIPPINE inflation may have quickened in September as bad weather pushed up food…
Read more →IPOs test investor appetite as PSE listing pipeline picks up
By Alexandria Grace C. Magno, Reporter THE PHILIPPINE stock market’s pipeline of initial public offerings (IPOs) is gaining…
Read more →Holiday spending may lift Q4 growth, but inflation risks loom
By Katherine K. Chan, Reporter THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY could get a lift from improved sentiment, remittances and holiday…
Read more →Philippines’ August trade gap narrows to 15-month low
By Beatriz Marie D. Cruz, Senior Reporter THE PHILIPPINES’ trade-in-goods deficit narrowed by 3.5% year on year to…
Read more →ComClark, JG Summit submit P33-B air navigation proposal
DENNIS ANTHONY H. UY-LED ComClark Network and Technology Corp. has partnered with JG Summit Infrastructure Holdings Corp. and…
Read more →ABS-CBN says Lopez group to keep strategic direction after P6-B investment
THE Lopez group will continue to determine ABS-CBN Corp.’s strategic direction following shareholder approval of a P6-billion equity…
Read more →Century Properties gets SEC nod for PHirst Park Homes merger
CENTURY PROPERTIES Group, Inc. (CPG) has secured approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its merger…
Read more →ACEN signs fourth India renewable deal
RENEWABLE ENERGY developer ACEN Corp. has signed another agreement with Dutch investor Diamond India Renewables One B.V. (DIRO)…
Read more →Casino Plus pays out historic ₱122.4-M Jackpot in full, reinforcing player-first commitment
Casino Plus, one of the country’s leading responsible digital entertainment platforms licensed by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming…
Read more →MGEN, VITRO study renewable-powered data center development
MERALCO POWERGEN Corp. (MGEN) and VITRO REIT, Inc. have agreed to study the development of data centers integrated…
Read more →First as tragedy, then as farce
By Cesar Ilao III and Jam Magdaleno (Part 1) LAST YEAR, we wrote about how blanket class suspensions…
Read more →Telcos question NTC fines over due process, testing standards
THE Philippine Chamber of Telecommunications Operators (PCTO) has raised due process and testing-standard concerns over fines imposed by…
Read more →Something new (and obscure) in Silang
It’s worth the drive SNOBS will say that Tagaytay is played out (we disagree) and neighboring Silang is…
Read more →Banks’ foreign currency loans rise past $16 billion as of June
BANKS’ foreign currency deposit loans rose as of the second quarter amid higher borrowings from residents, Bangko Sentral…
Read more →Yields on central bank’s term deposits edge up as demand weakens further
YIELDS on the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) one-week term deposits rose further on Wednesday as the papers…
Read more →Insect protein
I once visited Everybody’s Café, a popular restaurant along MacArthur Highway in San Fernando, Pampanga. Older friends told…
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