Stuff to Do (11/21/25)
THE Peninsula Manila celebrates Christmas in November with some of Manila’s finest choirs performing in The Lobby.
Megawide raises P3 billion in oversubscribed follow-on offering
MEGAWIDE Construction Corp. raised P3 billion from its Series 7 preferred shares follow-on offering, which was oversubscribed 2.3 times, signaling investor confidence in the...
PHINMA Hospitality to add 350 rooms across Pasay, Bacolod and Davao hotels
PHINMA HOSPITALITY, Inc., the hospitality arm of Del Rosario-led PHINMA Corp., plans to add 350 rooms across its hotel properties in Pasay, Bacolod, and...
DigiPlus: Internal funds sufficient for IEC deal
DIGIPLUS Interactive Corp., the listed digital entertainment firm behind BingoPlus, ArenaPlus, and GameZone, said it intends to use internal funds for its potential controlling...
Peso dips on hawkish Fed minutes
THE PHILIPPINE PESO weakened against the dollar on Thursday after minutes from the US Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting dampened expectations of an interest...
Banks’ 9-month trust assets rise to P4.9T as investors shift to managed funds
PHILIPPINE BANKS’ trust assets had climbed to P4.867 trillion as of September, reflecting stronger demand for professionally managed funds amid continued caution in financial...
Manulife and SSS expand Group Credit Life coverage
MANULIFE Philippines and the Social Security System (SSS) have expanded their Group Credit Life (GCL) insurance coverage to include pensioners participating in the SSS...
Still struggling, still groping in the dark
By Diwa C. Guinigundo
Across Southeast Asia, governments are pushing forward with difficult reforms, institutional upgrades, and long-term strategic investments. They are building their foundations for sustained resilience...
Europe and the Indo-Pacific: Partners for a resilient future
EUROPE and the Indo-Pacific region find their futures increasingly interlinked in a world marked by geopolitical shifts, economic uncertainty, and intensifying strategic competition.
Jobs opening up in European, Mexican markets
THE DEPARTMENT of Migrant Workers (DMW) is developing new job markets that are opening up in Europe and Mexico with potential hiring of over...
A matter of kindness
By Maria Victoria Rufino
In the cyberage of materialism, speed, and convenience, the concept of spirituality is dismissed as irrelevant, obsolete, and archaic.
The Dalai Lama once described the...
Why paying above minimum wage makes sense
By Rey Elbo
Good for you and your CEO. Many organizations treat the minimum wage like a sacred ceiling rather than a legal floor. They pay workers just enough to keep them from leaving and expect them to work hard enough not to get fired. But that’s a false economy.