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AllHome president, independent director at 2 Villar firms quit
AllHome's governance and risk chairperson is out after six months, along with its president, as Villar firms remain suspended over delayed filings and the wider group faces SEC market abuse allegations
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SM’s Gen Z council decrees: More pickleball, running hubs, and an Aura library
'We really took the young ones, the officers who are Gen Zs, to do all the insighting for us,' says the mall's marketing chief of its 'Gen Z Council,' which is helping bring everything from pickleball courts to a library into SM malls
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[Ask the Tax Whiz] Clarifying some tax issues related to ONETT transactions
ONETT refers to transactions that are subject to one-time tax compliance and processing with the BIR
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VAT on system loss may be removed by November – ERC
The Department of Energy says reducing or eliminating the system loss charge itself will take time, requiring a phased program and billions of pesos in investments
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DOE: Only 0.3% collected from P24 billion in penalties vs Leviste’s Solar Philippines
Energy Secretary Sharon Garin says the government is pursuing legal action to recover expired performance bonds
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DOE eyes P5.6-B 2027 budget as conventional energy, EV programs get big boost
The largest percentage increase is for the Electric Vehicle Industry Development Program, whose funding rises more than sevenfold to P228.92 million from P32.46 million in 2026
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Leandro Leviste sells another P3 billion in SPNEC shares as solar controversies mount
The sale comes as Leviste faces plunder and graft complaints before the Ombudsman alongside his mother, Senator Loren Legarda, and former energy secretary Alfonso Cusi over roughly P10 billion in solar projects
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‘Cookie-cutter’ no more? SM Nuvali to open November 27 with 1-hectare indoor garden
With cooling technology inspired by Singapore's Gardens by the Bay, SM's 91st mall is a break from what SM Supermalls president Steven Tan himself once bemoaned as the group's 'cookie-cutter' malls
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[Vantage Point] What’s left for the Philippines’ Left?
The revolution has become a war of attrition against history itself
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Fuel prices roll back after 2 weeks of hikes
It's welcome news after motorists suffered through a rough August with pump prices swinging sharply due to the continuing conflict in the Middle East
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Welcome to the ‘United States of Makati,’ where family income is PH’s highest – and most unequal
Makati had the country’s highest average family income at P796,990 in 2025, but families in its top 10% earned nearly eight times as much as those in the bottom 10%
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[Finterest] Meet the young Filipina teaching AI to read crumpled payslips for loans
Built to help lenders make sense of messy financial records, Carmel Limcaoco and Rhea Malhotra's Kita has processed over $130 million in loan volume and raised $4.5 million in seed funding
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[Vantage Point] PROCAP: How a scam came to look legitimate
A look at how an apparently well-organized, cross-border operation combined gaming, cryptocurrency, referral networks, purported insurance, technology, international events, prominent personalities, and genuine early payouts to manufacture credibility on an extraordinary scale
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MAP: Where Filipino families earn the most and least
Rappler's data visualizations map the cities and provinces where Filipino families earn the most, revealing a persistent Luzon-Mindanao divide, based on the PSA's latest Family Income and Expenditure Survey
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Bangko Sentral raises key rate to 5% as inflation risks remain
The central bank flags persistently high oil prices, a looming El Niño, and potential wage increases as key inflation risks to watch
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Beyond income, 12.8% of Filipinos are poor across multiple dimensions in 2024
The new measure adds another wrinkle to the poverty debate by measuring deprivation not just through income, but also across education, health, housing and basic services, and employment
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Filipino family income grew 16.5% since 2023. So why doesn’t it feel like it?
Filipino family incomes rose 16.5% from 2023 to 2025, but spending grew even faster at 24.7%, leaving households with less financial breathing room
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[Puso at Diwa] BSP monetary policy: When steady is not really steady
Businesses are not simply refusing to borrow because money is too expensive. They are hesitating because the returns on investment are uncertain, confidence is weak, and the economic environment itself has become more difficult to read.
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Two years and billions later, has NAIA finally leveled up?
NAIA now has self-check-in kiosks, biometric e-gates, a new premium lounge, and P78 billion remitted to government — but big changes still lie ahead with terminal reassignments and a Terminal 5 that's yet to be built
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[Good Business] What Doris Magsaysay Ho’s recognition says about Filipino leadership
The choice of Magsaysay Ho as recipient of the 2026 Ramon V. del Rosario Nation Building Award carries a particular meaning for women in business
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Vietnam, Macau, Shanghai: More flight options are coming for your next trip
Vietjet, Air Macau, and Juneyao Airlines are opening up more ways to reach some of Asia’s most popular short-haul destinations from the Philippines
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[In This Economy] Less than 10% of Filipinos are now poor? Not so fast
Until the updated figures arrive, any claim that Philippine poverty has largely been solved is premature
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DEPDev eyes P17.3-B 2027 budget led by PSA’s household census, National ID
Much of the increase goes to PSA, with P5.06 billion for a nationwide household census and P2.37 billion for the National ID, while PPP Center funding is halved
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