E-wallets told to drop gambling links
THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Thursday ordered all electronic wallets (e-wallets), banks and other supervised institutions to remove in-app gambling assets, including any links that direct users to gaming or gambling websites.
Q2 foreign investment pledges slide by 64% amid tariff uncertainty
FOREIGN INVESTMENT pledges plunged by 64.4% in the second quarter as investor sentiment turned cautious amid heightened global uncertainty driven by flip-flopping US tariff policies.
Vehicle sales slip in July as rains dampen demand
NEW VEHICLE SALES declined in July, as bad weather disrupted retail operations, a joint report by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc. (CAMPI) and Truck Manufacturers Association (TMA) showed.
DBM chief wants to limit unprogrammed appropriations
BUDGET SECRETARY Amenah F. Pangandaman wants to limit unprogrammed appropriations to not more than 5% of the national budget.
Speaking at the Kapihan sa...
New games push DigiPlus Q2 profit 30% higher to P4.2B
TANCO-LED digital entertainment provider DigiPlus Interactive Corp. posted a 30% rise in its second-quarter (Q2) net income to P4.2 billion from P3.23 billion a...
Alliance Global Q2 income jumps 25% to P5.3 billion
ANDREW L. TAN-LED conglomerate Alliance Global Group Inc. (AGI) posted a 25% rise in second-quarter (Q2) attributable profit to P5.3 billion on a normalized...
Filinvest Development Q2 profit surges 44%
GOTIANUN-LED Filinvest Development Corp. (FDC) reported a 44% year-on-year increase in second-quarter (Q2) attributable net income to P3.78 billion, driven by gains across its...
Jollibee Group Q2 profit climbs 5.6% to P3.21B on higher sales
LISTED fastfood giant Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC) reported a 5.6% year-on-year increase in second-quarter (Q2) attributable net income to P3.21 billion, supported by higher...
Luxury Makati project in the works for SM Prime’s Signature Series
PROPERTY developer SM Prime Holdings, Inc. said its premium residential brand Signature Series by SM Residences plans a luxury Makati project, targeting a possible...
Food Delivery and the hunger for truthful stories
FOLLOWING a cancellation of its initial run at the Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival back in March, the documentary Food Delivery: Fresh from the West Philippine Sea finally premiered at Gateway Mall 2 on Aug. 13. It is now showing at Gateway Cinemas in Quezon City, and in select Ayala Malls Cinemas throughout the country.
CREC second-quarter profit jumps to P305.5M, revenue hits P1.26B
LISTED renewable energy company Citicore Renewable Energy Corp. (CREC) said its attributable net income more than doubled in the second quarter (Q2) to P305.47...
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By Noel Vera
FIRST OF ALL: Weapons is easily the best horror in 2025 to date, an ingeniously written, inventively shot and staged film written and directed by Zach Cregger, whose debut feature Barbarian was also an inventive ingenious horror written and directed back in 2022.