THE Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) is renewing its recommendation to amend the law that limits foreign equity in public services.

THE MUCH-AWARDED documentary The Kingmaker, by Lauren Greenfield, opens with the octogenarian Imelda Romualdez Marcos handing out crisp 20 peso bills to the clamorous rabble, through the purposely open window of her van. It was 2014, and Mrs. Marcos was in her latest political incarnation as the representative of Ilocos Norte-Congressional District 2. (When she turned 90 last year, her nephew Angel Barba, the son of President Ferdinand Marcos’ youngest sister Fortuna Marcos Barba, took over this seat.) But even then, the groundwork was being laid for the ascendancy of her only son, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.

MAYNILAD Water Services, Inc. has chosen a consortium led by a unit of DMCI Holdings, Inc. to build a 150-million-liters-per-day (MLD) plant that will treat water from Laguna Lake, a company related to the water concessionaire said.

ACCESS to decent work is deteriorating because employers keep offering inappropriate wages or demand long hours, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said.

A GRIM DECADE, grimmer now in its passing. Not a lot of comedies on my list, and what laughter there is often dies strangled in the throat.

LYFT INC. said on Wednesday it had cut about 2% of its workforce, or 90 jobs, as the ride-hailing company seeks to achieve its goal of profitability by the end of 2021.

FINANCE Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III flagged on Thursday another lease contract that will be up for review, adding to the list of agreements between the state and the private sector that the government found to be disadvantageous.

TWO TO THREE banks have expressed interest to set up an Islamic banking unit in the country, according to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Managing Director Arifa A. Ala.

SAO PAULO -- Workers at Brazilian oil company Petrobras approved a plan to go on strike from Saturday, protesting a plan by the state-controlled firm to close a fertilizer plant and fire its 396 workers.

LAND BANK of the Philippines (LANDBANK) saw its net profit grow by double digits last year, with assets breaching the two-trillion mark.

BANK OF THE Philippine Islands (BPI) booked double-digit growth in its earnings in 2019 backed by bigger revenues.

POWER DEMAND in 2020 is expected to peak in June at around 14,191 megawatts (MW), reflecting heavy usage towards the tail end of the dry season, the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines, Inc. (IEMOP) said.