Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist lead Golden Globe film nominations
BEVERLY HILLS, California — Musical thriller Emilia Pérez and post-World War Two epic The Brutalist topped the roster of films nominated on Monday for...
The demographic dividend of the Philippines: Natural Family Planning
By Bernardo M. Villegas
It is the talk of the ASEAN community that the Philippines was able to reduce its Total Fertility Rate (TFR) from 2.7 babies per fertile woman in 2017 to 1.9 in 2022 as Dr. Jeoffrey Abalos reported in a publication of the Population Association of Singapore. There are all sorts of theories about what explains this dramatic drop to TFR below replacement rate (which is 2.1) in just five years.
BTr fully awards 10-year bonds
THE GOVERNMENT made a full award of the reissued 10-year Treasury bonds (T-bonds) it offered on Tuesday amid strong demand as investors locked in...
Balance and transition in the Philippine energy sector
By Victor Andres C. Manhit
It is tempting to say that transitioning to renewable energy must be done at the soonest possible time, for the sake of the environment....
BSP to require all banks, VASPs to use digitized supervisory platform by 2025
THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) will require all banks and virtual asset service providers (VASP) to use a digitized regulatory and supervisory engine...
RCBC appoints Cariaso as deputy CEO, announces other leadership changes
RIZAL COMMERCIAL Banking Corp. (RCBC) has appointed its executive vice-president, Reginaldo Anthony B. Cariaso, as deputy chief executive officer (CEO) effective Jan. 1.
The Yuchengco-led...
Petitioners statement against the defunding of social health insurance
We, the group that petitioned the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the transfer of PhilHealth (Philippine Health Insurance Corp.) funds to the National Government,...
Filipino students urged to pursue entrepreneurship
STUDENTS should learn from industry experts and strive to become entrepreneurs themselves, according to the Department of Education (DepEd).
Youthpreneur, a joint project of DepEd...
Startup iGenius, Nvidia to build AI system
ITALIAN startup iGenius and Nvidia said they are planning to bring online one of the world’s biggest deployments of Nvidia’s newest servers by the...
Manila to continue resupply missions in S. China Sea, won’t escalate tension
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Tuesday said the Philippines would continue its resupply missions in the South China Sea without the need to...
Marcos gov’t to prioritize cybersecurity measure
A BILL that seeks to boost Philippine cybersecurity has been added to the Marcos government’s list of priority measures, according to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), as Manila beefs up its defenses from hackers before midterm elections next year.
Marcos orders better traffic control during holidays
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Tuesday urged the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) and NLEX Corp. to double their efforts to come up with...