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COMPANIES led by businessman Lucio L. Co reported strong profit growth in the first quarter, with his retail holding firm Cosco Capital, Inc. posting a 10.9% increase in consolidated net income to P2.7 billion.

MANILA - A provincial government in southern Philippines has reversed its 12-year-old policy banning open-pit mining, removing the final regulatory hurdle for the stalled...

THE GOVERNMENT rejected all bids for its offer of Treasury bills (T-bills) on Monday as investors asked for higher rates due to bets of a hike at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) policy meeting this week.

TWO YEARS into the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 510 million confirmed cases and more than 6.25 million deaths have been reported around the world. As nations continue to battle the pandemic, Taiwan’s achievements have been widely recognized. As of May 10, about 390,000 confirmed cases and 931 deaths had been reported in Taiwan, which has a population of 23.5 million. And thanks to a joint effort by the government and the people, Taiwan’s economic growth rate for 2021 reached 6.45%.

Filinvest Land, Inc. (FLI), one of the country's largest real estate developers, reported P4.31 billion in revenues and other income for the first quarter...

By Adrian Paul B. Conoza, Special Features Assistant Editor One of the many things that has gone widespread in the past years since the coronavirus...

COAL-FIRED power plant companies in the Philippines have, in recent months, declared plans to rebalance their portfolio into one that has a growing share of renewables in the mix.

ROME, ITALY: I won’t attempt to even fathom what the Porsche purists might have in their beating Stuttgart hearts, but I’d like to think that they’ve softened up by now about their favorite brand conjuring up sport utility vehicles (yes two, in fact). If you consider that these utes have basically saved the brand from the unforgiving abyss of bankruptcy, well, what’s not to like?

HANOI — Banking on defense and a big third quarter surge, the Philippine women’s basketball team started its quest for a second Southeast Asian Games gold medal Monday with a 93-77 victory over Indonesia at the Thanh Tri Gymnasium here.