Light Rail Manila batting for operating deal with MRT-3 rehab
THE Light Rail Manila Corp. (LRMC) consortium has submitted to the government a comprehensive rehabilitation proposal for the Metro Rail Transit (MRT)-3, CEO Rogelio...
Extreme sports show returns for season two
ADRENALINE-PUMPING action once again is brought to the fore when Season 2 of the American sports competition series Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge premieres tomorrow...
Liquidity, credit growth pick up in July
By Melissa Luz T. Lopez,
Senior Reporter
MORE MONEY circulated in the economy in July as bank lending grew by a fifth, the Bangko Sentral ng...
More women needed in Philippine corporate boards
By Victor V. Saulon, Sub-Editor
WOMEN LEADERS called on Philippine companies to include more females in their boards, calling the disparity as more of...
Senate finance committee approves DoJ 2018 budget
THE Senate Committee on Finance has approved the P17 billion budget of the Department of Justice (DoJ) after postponing deliberations on the department’s funding...
Pag-IBIG Fund exceeds cash loan target in first half as takeouts rise
STATE-RUN Pag-IBIG Fund saw a climb in its cash loan takeout in the first six months of the year, breaching its target for the...
US bombers fly over Korean peninsula in show of force
SEOUL/TOKYO -- South Korea said its air force conducted an exercise with two US nuclear-capable bombers above the Korean peninsula on Thursday, two days...
Megaworld set to open 14th mall
MEGAWORLD Corp. continues to ramp up its commercial portfolio with the opening of the P2-billion Southwoods Mall next month.
Megaworld on Thursday said Southwoods Mall,...
Fitch raises PLDT outlook to stable
FITCH RATINGS on Wednesday said it revised the outlook on PLDT, Inc.’s Long-Term Local-Currency Issuer Default Rating (LC IDR) to stable from negative.
In a...
Just the way Goldilocks would have liked it
By Aditya Monappa
NOT too hot, not too cold. Our macroeconomic environment today can be described in the same way as in the children’s story...
CA upholds GMA Network labor ruling
THE COURT of Appeals (CA) has upheld a ruling in favor of GMA Network, Inc. and Scenarios, Inc. issued by the the National Labor...
As US ban on travel to N. Korea kicks in, tourist says he’d return
BEIJING -- With beautiful scenery, great food and friendly locals, American tourist Nicholas Burkhead said he’d be happy to return to his latest holiday...