Alliance Select posts $1.8-M loss as costs offset revenue growth
ALLIANCE Select Foods International, Inc. (ASFII) reported a net loss for 2025 as higher costs and weaker margins offset revenue growth.
In a regulatory filing...
Metrobank raises P35 billion from ASEAN Sustainability Bond offering
METROPOLITAN Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) has raised P35 billion from the sale of sustainability debt, marking its largest peso issuance to date as...
Natural Gas Law: untapped relief
By Victor Andres C. Manhit
On Jan. 8, 2025, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. signed into law Republic Act (RA) 12120 establishing the Philippine Downstream National Gas Industry and creating...
Peso back at P59 level on Iran deal hopes
THE PESO rose against the dollar on Tuesday, returning to the P59 level on market optimism over a potential resolution to the Middle East...
Surging oil prices strain MSMEs, prompt price hikes and delays
MICRO, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are raising prices and delaying shipments as higher oil prices driven by Middle East tensions push up logistics and production costs, industry players said.
The beat is not enough: Why the future of music is human plus AI
By Donald Patrick Lim
For the past few weeks, one song has been impossible to ignore. “Hawak Mo Ang Beat” has become a phenomenon. It is everywhere: on...
Netong’s eyes partnerships to cushion rising costs
ILOILO CITY — Netong’s Original Special La Paz Batchoy is seeking partnerships with hotels and private companies to sustain operations as rising ingredient costs...
Unsolicited Iloilo International Airport bid rejected
THE P21‑billion unsolicited proposal of Prime Asset Ventures, Inc. (PAVI) to upgrade and operate Iloilo International Airport has been rejected due to deficiencies in...
NFA to offer as much as P30 to buy palay in some areas
THE National Food Authority (NFA) said it increased its buying price for dry palay (unmilled rice) to as much as P30 per kilo in selected areas,...
Pork, corn MAV could rise instead of lowering tariffs
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it is studying the possibility of increasing the minimum access volume (MAV) for pork and corn, after President...
Stocks retreat as conflict keeps market cautious
PHILIPPINE STOCKS continued to retreat on Tuesday as investors chose to stay on the sidelines amid continued uncertainty over the Middle East conflict.
The benchmark...
Witness alleges role as Duterte fund courier in House impeachment bid
A WITNESS at a House of Representatives hearing on Tuesday alleged that he acted as a private courier for Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio, delivering millions of pesos in confidential funds to various recipients, in testimony that directly contradicts her earlier denial of any link to him.