QBO Innovation Hub plans to take on board nearly 150 new start-ups in 2020 to address a shortage in the number of job-generating innovators, an official of the start-up incubator said.

THE BILL which provides a regulatory framework for virtual banks is targeted to be passed this year, according to the senior legislator who filed the legislation.

FRANKFURT — European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde is set to launch a broad review of its policy on Thursday that is likely to see her redefine the ECB’s main goal and how to achieve it.

THE Philippines ranked 46^th globally in the competitiveness of its talent around the world, with Filipinos achieving their best performance in terms of global knowledge and skills, a business school said in a study.

COMMONWEALTH BANK of Australia (CBA) said on Thursday a class-action lawsuit was filed against its pension arm, Colonial First State, for allegedly not acting in customers interest for insurance policies.

Our department head sent me a schedule of what to improve in my work performance days after giving me a failing mark in my annual appraisal form. The PIP includes specific targets, standards, and a timetable and I was given only two months to improve my performance. Is it the right time to resign or do my best under the circumstances? -- Polka Dots.

THE Philippines’ utilization rate on its preferential trade scheme with the European Union (EU) is estimated to have remained at 25%, Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines Chargé d’ Affaires Thomas Wiersing told reporters at a press conference on Monday.

PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has given formal approval to initiate a review of an agreement to develop land owned by the University of the Philippines (UP), his spokesman said, adding to the list of allegedly one-sided deals entered into by past governments that has called into doubt the viability of long-term agreements undertaken by some of the country’s biggest firms.

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it will provide farmers and fisherfolk in Occidental Mindoro about P300 million worth of projects and programs in 2020.

PHILIPPINE SHARES continued their positive performance on Thursday on bargain hunting and the release of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth data.

Whether a typhoon-induced flood, a fire, an earthquake, or a volcanic eruption, every disaster swells the ranks of the poor and makes the already destitute even poorer.

One thing certainly needing removal should changes in the Constitution again come up is the “grave abuse of discretion” review powers of the Supreme Court.