GRADE 5 students in the Philippines continue to fall behind most Southeast Asian neighbors in terms of proficiency in reading and mathematics, a learning assessment program by the United Nations ...

THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved Cebu Landmasters, Inc.’s (CLI) rental pool program, allowing the listed property developer to sell units as investment contracts while keeping ...

CONSUMER GOODS company Procter & Gamble (P&G), the maker of Pampers and Whisper, will discontinue the sale of certain brands in the Philippines to concentrate on its core product lines.

PROPERTY DEVELOPER AppleOne Group is entering Cebu’s growing meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) market with the opening of the province’s first Marriott city hotel. Fairfield by ...

BANK of the Philippine Islands (BPI) is set to merge its thrift bank subsidiaries BPI Direct BanKo, Inc., A Savings Bank (BanKo) and Legazpi Savings Bank, Inc. (LSB), it said on Thursday. BPI’s board, ...

GLOBAL ELECTRICAL engineering company ABB Ltd. has energized VITRO Santa Rosa, providing a complete electrification solution and scalable power distribution across the data center’s 50-megawatt (MW) ...

THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) is working to strengthen the domestic capital market and promote cross-border payments as financial markets become more integrated. “The BSP is working to deepen ...

The Musical bagged seven awards, including Best Musical, at the 38th Aliw Awards held on Dec. 15 at the Manila Hotel.

THE PESO on Thursday jumped to its strongest close against the dollar in over two weeks as US jobs data supported further rate cuts. The local unit closed at P58.555 per dollar, rising by 17 centavos ...

For years now, we have written — perhaps too often — about the extraordinary plunder of public money involving politicians, public works engineers and officials, and their collaborating private ...

ASIDE from the usual hot air balloons set to fill the skies of New Clark City (NCC), Tarlac, in February of 2026, the 26th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta (PIHABF) is preparing more ...