THE Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) will brief lawmakers on the Philippines’ economic outlook today, as ...

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) order directing electronic wallet (e-wallet) platforms to remove in-app links to online gambling sites is expected to weigh on their earnings and could delay the ...

FOREIGN INVESTORS are eager to tap into the growth potential of the Philippines but concerns over unpredictable regulations and high cost of energy and logistics persist, according to executives of ...

THE PHILIPPINE government is confident it can bring down the poverty rate to single-digit levels by 2028. “While we lowered our growth targets, we remain optimistic about reducing poverty rates to ...

FOR THE FIRST time in quite a while, the weather was not just cooperative but almost embarrassingly perfect on race day for the final round of the Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) Philippine Cup 2025.

LIONEL MESSI returned from injury on Saturday night and finished with a goal and an assist to propel host Inter Miami to a ...

ABOITIZ EQUITY VENTURES, INC. (AEV) regained its position as the country’s largest power producer this year, accounting for 23.86% of the national grid’s installed generating capacity, data from the ...

On Aug. 17, in Indonesia, the government of President Prabowo Subianto postponed the release of a 10-volume “official history.” A good number of historians and activists pushed back against this ...

Indonesia will launch a broader crackdown on the illegal exploitation of natural resources after a survey found that palm plantations on 3.7 million hectares (14,300 square miles) were operating in ...

THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is looking to increase excise tax collections by 9% in 2026, mainly driven by tobacco products. In the 2026 Budget of Expenditures and Sources of Financing (BESF), ...

THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) has updated its guidelines on standard operating procedures (SOP) during holidays and work suspensions to ensure the continuity of financial service delivery and ...

Taking up the cudgels for big tobacco, Japan Tobacco International (JTI) wants to lower tobacco tax rates. So goes the news story titled “JTI lobbying for tweak in cigarette tax policy” ...