Yields on Treasury bills to move sideways on geopolitical issues
TREASURY BILLS (T-bills) on offer today may receive mixed bids from sentiment-driven market players amid geopolitical tensions between the United States and North Korea...
BPI eyes increased use of digital banking platforms
By Melissa Luz T. Lopez,
Senior Reporter
BANK of the Philippine Islands (BPI) wants to get more clients to use digital banking platforms to improve efficiency...
NEDA ICC approves Pasig bridges, Mindanao roads
THE CABINET-LEVEL Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) on Friday approved six projects worth P57.494 billion, the Department of Finance (DoF) said in a statement.
These approved projects include:...
Japan’s Miniso ventures into Mindanao through SM malls
DAVAO CITY — Miniso, a Japanese lifestyle specialty shop that has partnered with SM Retail, Inc. for its Philippine operations, opened its second store...
Napocor adds over 28 MW to plants serving off-grid areas
THE National Power Corp. (Napocor) has installed power generation sets with a capacity of 28.686 megawatts (MW) to supplement the capacity of 38 power...
Peso seen sideways ahead of Fed
THE PESO may trade sideways against the greenback this week on the back of softer US inflation as well as bets of upbeat key...
Agri dep’t. sees small impact from bird flu on farm output
THE GOVERNMENT expects the bird flu outbreak in Pampanga to have a small impact on agricultural output in the third quarter.
“I don’t think it...
Holding firms bare mixed results; some ‘a little below expectations’
By Krista Angela M. Montealegre
National Correspondent
THE COUNTRY’s biggest conglomerates turned in mixed reported earnings results in the second quarter, dragged by the absence of...
Moody’s sees second-quarter economic growth at 6.8%
GROSS domestic product (GDP) growth likely raced to 6.8% last quarter, Moody’s Analytics said on Friday, baring an estimate that -- if realized --...
DA reports bird flu in Pampanga town
By Victor V. Saulon, Sub-Editor
THE Department of Agriculture has ordered the culling of about 200,000 fowl in a town in Pampanga where cases of...
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake jolts Batangas, neighboring areas
By Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral, Reporter
A MAGNITUDE 6.3 earthquake jolted the Luzon province of Batangas on Friday afternoon, Aug. 11, that was also felt...
Duterte on Customs’ shabu controversy: ‘I’m still scouting for one to replace all’
By Carmencita A. Carillo, Correspondent
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte on Thursday, Aug. 10, hinted at a revamp in the Bureau of Customs (BoC), amid its...