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CORPORATE
SEC move to end freeze on new online lending firms draws...
THE Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) move to lift its 2021 moratorium on new online lending platforms (OLPs), alongside proposed stricter capital and compliance requirements, is drawing cautious support from industry players, amid concerns over enforcement and regulatory consistency.
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BANKING AND FINANCE
T-bill, bond rates may be mixed
RATES of the Treasury bills (T-bills) and Treasury bonds (T-bonds) on offer this week could be mixed before the release of March inflation data...
OPINION
I watched Artemis II lift off — and witnessed the first...
EVEN from a distance of several kilometers, the Artemis II rocket looked huge.
SPOTLIGHT
Overtaxed but underserved: Fixing the Philippines’ tax system to unlock investment
At the 2026 Economic Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Briefing held at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), one message resonated strongly:
The Philippines is overtaxed,...
SPECIAL FEATURES
77 years of insurance stewardship
The Philippines’ insurance industry is, perhaps, one of the country’s bright spots, with its growth projected to outpace most of its Asian counterparts and...
SPECIAL REPORTS
The story of water (Part 2)
VI. Treatment
All owners or operators of facilities that discharge wastewater into Laguna Lake must get
a permit to discharge from the DENR or the LLDA....
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ARTS & LEISURE
Keeping the human touch
A DISPLAY of red lacquered vases stands in Rustan’s Makati. Gold-rimmed resin topped off with red lacquer and silver-leaf tinted red are polished to a gleam akin to a flame — this is the work of Hanoia, a new brand from Vietnam that recently joined Rustan’s.
SPORTS
UST grabs solo third at UAAP 88 women’s volleyball tournament
UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas (UST) handed University of the East (UE) its 25th straight loss, 25-21, 26-24, 25-20, and shored up its final four drive in the UAAP Season 88 women’s volleyball on Sunday at the UST Quadricentennial Pavilion.
