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As Lopez firms postpone elections, who signs off if Barito’s $5-B offer for EDC gets serious?
A US$5-billion offer arrives, but who at the Lopez group can even say yes?
Read more →BSP presses GCash, Maya on P10 transfer fees: Explain!
'Of course, we expect compliance with the circular,' a top Bangko Sentral official says when asked whether e-wallets would eventually have to cut or restructure their transfer fees
Read more →Banks are dropping transfer fees. Here’s why it took so long.
While the Bangko Sentral continues to push remaining banks and e-wallets to comply, a top official suggests consumers to take advantage of fee-less transfers and move their money wherever they can get a better deal
Read more →LIST: Companies covered by VP Sara Duterte records subpoena
The Senate impeachment court's subpoena covers at least 20 companies linked to the Vice President and her husband, Mans Carpio. Meanwhile, the subpoena request for the financial records of two other companies is denied.
Read more →Big fuel price hike set for July 21 as Middle East tensions flare again
(1st UPDATE) It's a double-digit price increase per liter for diesel and kerosene for July 21 to 27
Read more →3 obstacles the prosecution must hurdle in Sara Duterte’s money trail
We explain the fight over the Vice President's bank and tax records
Read more →Delta Air Lines to fly nonstop between Los Angeles and Manila in 2027
The airline becomes the only US carrier flying nonstop between Los Angeles and Manila, challenging Philippine Airlines on the route
Read more →Black truffle, tomato crunch? Unique Jack ‘n Jill chips win over Hong Kong shoppers
Everyone's favorite homegrown snack brand has been a surprising hit in Hong Kong since arriving more than 50 years ago
Read more →The company the Lopezes gave up Meralco for: EDC, from oil crisis child to takeover target
If the Energy Development Corporation was built and once held in the name of the Philippines' energy security, should it simply be priced and traded like any other asset?
Read more →From Leyte to Oslo: Young Filipino footballers join Norway Cup 2026
The Leyte Association of Organized Sports Football Club boys' and girls' teams get to compete in the world's largest youth soccer tournament starting July 25
Read more →[Vantage Point] GSIS wagers on Citicore’s capital allocation
(1st UPDATE) Why the investment should be judged by returns, not megawatts
Read more →An Indonesian billionaire wants EDC: The $5-B offer raising the stakes in the Lopez feud
This opens a scenario the Lopez family-feud framing tends to miss
Read more →Semirara takes DOE data dispute to court amid race for biggest coal mine
(1st UPDATE) The Consunji-led company has managed the mine since 1997 and plans to join the upcoming bidding in hopes of continuing as its operator
Read more →A deep dive on capital market reforms with SEC Chairman Francis Lim
To further gain public trust, Francis Lim is turning the Securities and Exchange Commission into a 'no-nonsense regulator'
Read more →Gov’t sells idle Atrium of Makati units for P1 billion
Built in the 1980s, the Atrium is among the more recognizable low-rise office buildings along Makati Avenue
Read more →[Vantage Point] The P6.77-billion question VP Sara Duterte can’t just ignore
The critical factor in this impeachment is not the monetary amount involved, but on proving that the funds have been legally sourced, are transparently traceable, and were factually recorded in public documents
Read more →Seven years for tuition? Thrift banks say longer salary loans aren’t for all
'Where tuition is really a one-year thing and you're going to need tuition every year, you cannot do seven years of tuition fee, right?' says Chamber of Thrift Banks trustee Manuel Santiago Jr.
Read more →[In This Economy] Why Singapore moves while Metro Manila doesn’t
Singapore’s exemplary rail system did not spring from wealth alone. Instead, it sprang from meticulous planning and continuity.
Read more →What Sara Duterte’s traveling BIR box says about Philippine tax secrecy
Oral arguments on House prosecutors' request to subpoena the bank records of Vice President Sara Duterte are scheduled on Wednesday, July 15
Read more →Family friend to referee? SEC’s Francis Lim has peace plan for Lopez war.
'I don’t want them to be washing their dirty linen in public,' says SEC chair Francis Lim, a longtime Lopez family friend now trying to restore some dignity to a Philippine capital market made even messier by family drama
Read more →Starlink Wi-Fi coming to Cebu Pacific flights in 2027
Cebu Pacific would become Southeast Asia’s first low-cost carrier to offer Starlink on its flights, promising improved connectivity over traditional inflight Wi-Fi
Read more →Can AI reject your bank loan? What BSP’s ‘voluntary’ AI guidelines say
Banks and e-wallets may use AI to help make decisions, but the central bank says they must use 'well-prepared and well-representative' training data and keep humans 'ultimately accountable'
Read more →[Vantage Point] The strategic value of the CBK privatization
The undisputed ownership of the CBK complex may ultimately prove to be one of the most rewarding, defensive, and forward-looking corporate victories of modern-day energy transition
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