In the digital innovation landscape, the Philippines stands at a road filled with stark irony: on one hand, some 73 million Filipinos are Internet users, with the World Bank noting that the Philippines is seen as a “potentially significant player” in the global digital market. On the other hand, the country is seemingly running aground when it comes to internet penetration.

In today’s fast-paced digital era, the landscape of business is transforming at an unprecedented rate. Global advancements in technology are not only reshaping industries...

“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it.” -- Ronald Reagan, former US President

As the Philippines accelerates its digital transformation, the need for secure, reliable, and tamper-proof identity verification has never been more urgent. From government aid...

THE daily death toll from COVID has finally dipped below March 2020 levels. In May, the US public health emergency will expire. In most...

Among the big surprises this year has been the huge spike in global prices of fossil fuels as the favored renewables wind and solar continue to produce intermittent, unstable, even declining output.

Reducing inequality and achieving inclusive growth are inseparable. When we narrow inequality, we reinforce the capacity of sectors and individuals to overcome structural factors that limit their mobility in society.

The Revised Corporation Code of 2019 provided for the formation of One Person Corporations or OPCs, which makes it easier for entrepreneurs to limit...

SMC Global Power Holdings Corp., the energy arm of San Miguel Corp., is readying to sell “battery” power to the public at P2-3 per kilowatt-hour, as soon as it gets the permit to do so. It has so far completed a network of battery energy storage facilities nationwide with a capacity of over 500-megawatt-hours.

BEFORE Howard Schultz came along, the most famous example of a chief executive trying to use his company for social good was William Norris, the CEO of Control Data Corp. Based in the suburbs of Minneapolis, Control Data was a highly successful maker of so-called supercomputers; by the early 1980s, it was a $5-billion company with 60,000 employees.

A careful reading of the economic platforms of those running for president of this Republic suggests a good differentiation. Who will win the May 9 election should certainly matter, and market reaction would not be even.

ON NOV. 17, during the Senate plenary deliberations on the proposed 2026 national budget, Senate Deputy Majority Leader JV Ejercito sounded the alarm over the alleged “weaponization” of Letters of Authority (LoA) by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), saying the issuance of LoAs is now being used as a tool for corruption.