House OKs bill scrapping travel tax on 2nd reading
THE HOUSE of Representatives on Wednesday evening approved on second reading a proposal to scrap the travel tax, advancing the measure seeking to cut the levy seen as burdensome for Filipinos.
Setting sail with Mickey and friends on the Disney Adventure
SINGAPORE — As a cruise skeptic, I never quite saw the appeal of spending days at sea on a floating resort surrounded by thousands of strangers. But as a Disney fan, I was curious about the Disney Adventure, Disney Cruise Line’s (DCL) first ship in Asia and the biggest one in its fleet.
IPOPHL to create toolkit promoting musicians’ IP rights
THE Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) is looking to develop a toolkit on copyright principles to help Filipino musicians protect their intellectual...
Bounce
By Noel Vera
JOSH SAFDIE’S Marty Supreme takes its cue from its central character: brassy, loud, unrelentingly annoying, chronicling the life of one Marty Mauser, a nascent shoe salesman and up-and-coming ping-pong player.
RCBC prices bonds, starts offer
RIZAL COMMERCIAL BANKING Corp. (RCBC) has set the coupon rate for its three-year fixed-rate ASEAN Sustainability bonds at 6.08% as it started the public...
SEC eyes P100-M capital threshold in plan to lift lending license freeze
THE SECURITIES and Exchange Commission (SEC) is moving to lift its 2021 moratorium on the registration of new online lending platforms (OLPs) and is...
BPI targets to increase agency banking locations
BANK of the Philippine Islands (BPI) expects to reach 10,000 agency banking locations within the year, mainly driven by its partnership with Robinsons Retail...
Banks back Prime Infra hydro projects with P273.5-B financing
RAZON-LED Prime Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (Prime Infra) has secured financing support from local and international banks for the development of its 2,000-megawatt (MW) pumped storage hydropower projects in Laguna and Rizal through loans totaling P273.5 billion.
Several financial institutions now offering fully online process to open PERA
SEVERAL financial institutions are now offering a fully online application process for opening a Personal Equity and Retirement Account (PERA) under the Bangko Sentral...
SBCorp plans P12-B lending to support exporters, MSMEs
THE SMALL BUSINESS Corp. (SBCorp), the financing arm of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), is targeting P12 billion in loan releases this...
Brace for the Summer of ’26
By Monalisa C. Dimalanta
From all indications, it looks like we are in for a summer to remember.
The months of March to June (or even July) have always...
A friendship woven with sampaguita: The dawn of a new era in Korea-Philippine relations
THE STATE VISIT of President Lee Jae Myung to the Philippines began with a serendipity that felt more like a calculated masterstroke of diplomacy.