LAND BANK of the Philippines (LANDBANK) wants to be able to tap the capital markets faster as part of its proposed charter ...

Ten members of the New People’s Army (NPA) from a group that forcibly collected money from hapless farmers and merchants ...

A 12% VALUE-ADDED TAX (VAT) on digital transactions is long overdue, with the Philippines lagging many countries in ...

THE PHILIPPINES on Wednesday accused China’s coast guard of elevating tensions in the South China Sea after two vessels ...

THE ENERGY Regulatory Commission (ERC) on Tuesday ordered the suspension of trading in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) during red alerts to prevent a spike in electricity prices. “Due to ...

Metro Pacific Water unit Cagayan de Oro Bulk Water, Inc. (COBI) said it is seeking immediate resolution with the Cagayan de Oro Water District (COWD) over the latter’s unsettled accounts. “Efforts to ...

BANK of the Philippine Islands (BPI) expects to fully integrate Robinsons Bank Corp.’s (RBC) systems into its own within 12-18 months, the top official of the latter said. “All the branches of ...

THE semiconductor industry will be among the industries that expect to benefit from growing electric vehicle (EV) and hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) adoption, the chip industry association said.

MORE FOREIGN PORTFOLIO investments left the Philippines in March, as investors anticipated a delay in rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed.

PRODUCTION of palay, or unmilled rice, fell 2% year on year to 4.69 million metric tons (MT) in the first quarter, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The PSA said first quarter ...

LISTED conglomerate PHINMA Corp. is set to increase the capacity of its cement business with new facilities in Mindanao, a company official said. The company is putting up a cement plant in Davao ...

THE PHILIPPINES was hit by an average of five billion cyberattacks per day in the first quarter, with 87% of those targeting the gambling and gaming industry, according to cloud services and ...