PHILIPPINE BANKS continued to miss the mandated lending quota for small businesses as of end-March, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed.

SUPERMAN was the very first superhero. He debuted in Action Comics issue #1 which was released in June 1938. Over time, the character has been assigned multiple nicknames: “The Man of Steel,” “The Man ...

ABOITIZ POWER CORP. (AboitizPower), through Therma Power, Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary East Asia Utilities Corporation (EAUC), is set to commence construction of its 30-megawatt (MW) hybrid battery ...

YUCHENGCO-LED Dagohoy Green Energy Corp. (DGEC) has secured government approval to begin commercial operations of its 27.121-megawatt direct current (MWdc) solar power plant in Bohol, allowing it to ...

Consider this as Part 2 of my earlier article in this column, “Economic basis of net zero is zero” (Sept. 5, 2023). In that paper, I compared coal consumption per capita, electricity generation per ...

JAPAN’S Fast Retailing, owner of the Uniqlo clothing brand, said on Thursday higher US tariffs would start impacting its US operation significantly from later this year and it planned to raise prices ...

LISTED holding company A Brown Co., Inc. (ABCI) said on Monday that the board of directors of its subsidiary ABC Energy Inc. (ABCEI) approved the proposal to sell its 20% equity interest in Palm ...

THE Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) saw a 25% increase in its net profit for the first half, reaching P495.7 million from P398 million a year ago, after taking control of the Philippine Dealing ...

THE PESO dropped against the dollar on Monday after US President Donald J. Trump threatened to impose higher import tariffs on additional countries and goods over the weekend. The local unit closed at ...

PHILIPPINE BANKS should improve their cybersecurity posture amid a rise in phishing attacks targeting the industry as more Filipinos shift to online transactions, global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky ...

Manila dropped two spots to 23rd out of 25 cities in the 2025 Julius Baer Lifestyle Index, which tracks the cost of luxury living across global cities. The Philippine capital emerged as the cheapest ...

CEBU-BASED PROPERTY developer AppleOne Group said demand for hospitality developments in the Visayas-Mindanao (VisMin) region is gaining momentum, driven by the area’s growing appeal as a “bleisure” ...