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Trading down: How prices and promotions dictate Philippine wine consumption
INFLATION may be squeezing wallets, but wine glasses in the Philippines are far from empty. According to a…
Read more →Change management may help PHL firms get most out of AI
By Juliana Chloe A. Gonzales PHILIPPINE COMPANIES must build up transition capabilities to realize business value from their…
Read more →On rising imports and the budget deficit
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released the country’s international merchandise trade statistics (IMTS) yesterday. Looking at accumulated trade…
Read more →Philippines ramps up drought measures as severe El Niño looms
By Erika Mae P. Sinaking, Reporter THE Philippine government is preparing measures to protect water supplies, farm production,…
Read more →House subcommittee gears up for budget review; NUP eyes special provisions
By Pexcel John Bacon THE House Budget Amendments and Review Subcommittee (BARSc) will begin formal deliberations on the…
Read more →Presidential Palace warns officials against hiding behind subordinates
PUBLIC OFFICIALS cannot indefinitely invoke the Arias doctrine to evade responsibility for questionable transactions under their watch, the…
Read more →QC jeepney drivers’ earnings fell 47% amid diesel price surge, CPBRD says
RISING diesel prices nearly halved the average daily take-home pay of public utility jeepney drivers in Quezon City…
Read more →Impeachment vote petition junked
THE Supreme Court (SC) dismissed three petitions challenging the Senate impeachment court’s interpretation of a two-thirds vote required…
Read more →DoLE sets pay rules for ASEAN Summit, 2027 holidays
PRIVATE SECTOR employees in the National Capital Region who report for work during the 49th Association of Southeast…
Read more →PHL tourism branding bill endorsed to Senate plenary
A MEASURE strengthening the Philippines’ tourism branding by mandating the use of a national campaign slogan for at…
Read more →Senate panel approves OP’s 2027 budget
THE Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday approved the Office of the President’s (OP) proposed P10.15-billion budget for next…
Read more →Group files Ombudsman complaint over San Juan del Monte water deal
CONSUMER GROUP Ugnayan ng mga Higit na Apektado sa Water Access (UHAW) and concerned employees and former employees…
Read more →Magnitude 4.7 quake jolts off Isabela
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela — A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck offshore northeast of Isabela early Wednesday morning, with its…
Read more →40 students in Soccsksargen undergoing counseling for online threats
COTABATO CITY — Psychologists from the Education and Social Welfare departments in Soccsksargen are cooperating in counseling 40…
Read more →28 Filipinos in Bavaria bus accident back in Milan
TWENTY-EIGHT Filipinos injured in a bus mishap on Germany’s A96 highway are either now in Milan or en…
Read more →Inflation concerns drag PSE index to 5,600 level
PHILIPPINE SHARES plunged to a near 11-month low on Wednesday, with the main stock benchmark sliding to the…
Read more →Congress ratifies bill establishing Philippine Geriatric Center
THE House of Representatives and the Senate ratified a measure strengthening specialized healthcare for older Filipinos and their…
Read more →Senators press DBM, DHSUD over delayed releases for housing, disaster assistance
SENATORS reprimanded Budget and Housing officials over administrative bottlenecks between fund allotments and cash releases that have stalled…
Read more →Youth training on good governance monitoring launched in BARMM
THE National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) launched its Youth Training on Good Governance Monitoring program in…
Read more →Farmers seek favorable taxation of drinks using domestic sugar
THE Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said farmers are pushing to keep only drinks sweetened with domestically produced sugar…
Read more →PHL slips two spots in global innovation index
THE PHILIPPINES fell two places to 52nd out of 139 economies in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO)…
Read more →Marcos expands Cavite Ecozone II by 1.5 hectares
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. designated a little less than 1.5 hectares of land for inclusion in the…
Read more →Aboitiz Group economic zone unit says Japanese firm plans Batangas expansion
ABOITIZ INFRACAPITAL, INC. (AIC), the infrastructure arm of the Aboitiz group, said a major Japanese company is planning…
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