THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT needs to ramp up cybersecurity education and set up globally recognized training centers to grow its small pool of local cybersecurity...

More companies now are beginning to embrace sustainability as well as greater responsibility to the communities they work with, and the environmental, social, and...

FOR people whose lives shifted online since the pandemic hit, online streaming platforms and video-on-demand (VOD) became a primary source of entertainment. Whether a short video, television, or film, the preference of the average Filipino is now to look for it online.

DOMESTIC food production has struggled to keep pace with the demands of a growing population and a rapidly changing climate, a trend that the Department of Agriculture (DA) is looking to reverse with four-year plan focused on major new farming infrastructure.

ACCORDING to the Second Quarter 2024 National Social Weather Survey by the Social Weather Stations, 17.6% of Filipino families experienced “involuntary hunger” (being hungry and not having anything to eat) at least once in the past three months. This is a rise of 3.4 percentage points in the hunger rate from 14.2% in the last survey in March this year.

THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY beat expectations by growing by 6.3% in the second quarter amid increased state spending ahead of an election season, when cash flows to poverty-stricken areas. 

THE RETAIL INDUSTRY is still expected to grow this year despite the rise in vacancies and competition from electronic commerce (e-commerce).

The emergence of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria has left employees, investors, and customers growing increasingly concerned with how corporations evaluate the sustainability...

WITH the sole indigenous natural gas source responsible for 20% of Luzon’s power needs expected to run dry, the looming energy crisis is sending the Philippines on a mad scramble to adopt renewable energy before the lights start going out.

FUELED by the explosive growth of emerging markets like AI and electric vehicles, the semiconductor industry — which manufactures the essential materials that power these technologies — is poised to grow into a massive trillion-dollar industry by 20301.

By Angela Kiara S. Brillantes, Special Features and Content Writer Much like businesses and the media industry, BusinessWorld is going through significant transformations as it...

INCREASED consumer demand for online services because of the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the financial sector’s digitalization, with new players in the market also pushing traditional banks to adapt to the changing landscape of the industry.