Korea-backed firm plans P64.3-B pumped storage project in Benguet
FILIPINO-KOREAN firm Coheco Badeo Corp. is planning to develop a 500-megawatt (MW) pumped storage hydropower project in Kibungan, Benguet.
The proposed Kibungan pumped storage facility...
Amazon plans to use AI to speed up TV and film production
LOS ANGELES — Amazon plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) to speed up the process for making movies and TV shows even as Hollywood...
RCR posts 35% revenue growth on mall asset infusions
RL COMMERCIAL REIT, Inc. (RCR), the real estate investment trust of Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC), reported a 35% increase in unaudited revenues for 2025,...
To mourn or not to mourn
By Noel Vera
CHLOÉ ZHAO’S latest film — adapted by Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell from O’Farrell’s well-regarded 2020 novel — is a tearjerker, most people will agree. The question one might ask is: does it earn its tears, or are we overindulging?
EastWest Bank expects sustained asset growth
EAST WEST BANKING Corp. (EastWest Bank) expects sustained asset growth this year, still driven by its consumer business.
“We’ve looked at it, maybe low...
Harry Potter villain emerges as unlikely Lunar New Year symbol
HONG KONG — Draco Malfoy, the villainous student who was Harry Potter’s rival in the fantasy book series, has become an unlikely Chinese Lunar...
Impeachment complaints: Not exactly bad timing
By Diwa C. Guinigundo
At first glance, the impeachment complaints filed against President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. and Vice-President Sara Duterte appear ill-timed. With 2025 growth sharply undershooting expectations...
Peso jumps to 7-week high on rate cut bets
THE PESO soared to a seven-week high against the dollar on Thursday as faster-than-expected January inflation strengthened expectations of a final rate cut by...
Beyond access: Why digitization alone will not empower Filipino households
By Ron F. Jabal
For more than a decade, financial inclusion has been framed as a problem of access. Open an account. Digitize payments. Bring people into the...
Federal Reserve’s Cook says it’s time to ‘wait and see’ on rates
US FEDERAL RESERVE Governor Lisa Cook on Wednesday signaled that she will not support another interest rate cut until she sees more proof that...
PHL topped ASEAN in GenAI vulnerability — ILO
THE PHILIPPINES faces the highest level of jobs at risk due to Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),...
In defense of the Holy Fiscal Deficit: Accounting and economics
A fundamental problem in the discussion of what the government does is the misunderstanding of how it pays for infrastructure, civil servant salaries, etc., and what happens to taxes.