LEMONGRASS and citronella essential oils could help improve tilapia growth and health while offering an alternative to antibiotic-based feed additives, according to research funded by the Department of Science and…
A broad sell-off in technology companies pulled stocks lower on Wall Street Friday, capping off the market’s worst week since late June. The S&P 500 fell 1.1%. Its roughly 2% drop for the week wiped out its gains from…
Motorists may expect a sigh of relief in the coming week amid an expected pump price rollback.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue has released new rules to make it fairer for drugstores, supermarkets, and pharmaceutical companies when they give discounts to senior citizens.
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BANGKOK, Thailand — World Bank President Ajay Banga laid out a vision on Friday for how his multilateral development giant should operate, focusing primarily on creating jobs, expanding economic opportunity and…
JG Summit Holdings Inc. President and CEO Lance Gokongwei, and Phinma Corp. President and COO Chito Salazar have been named the 2026 Management Association of the Philippines’ (MAP) Management Persons of the Year…
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SAN FRANCISCO, California — Amazon unveiled two new devices on Thursday for listening to and recording people’s information throughout the day to offer calendar reminders and other artificial intelligence (AI)-driven…
MILAN ─ UniCredit, Italy's second-largest bank, said on Thursday that the European Central Bank had authorized it to take control of Commerzbank, after a hostile takeover offer completed in July lifted its stake in the…
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SUNTOWARD Tech Philippine Inc., an affiliate of Taiwanese manufacturing firm Sun Toward Tech Enterprise Co. Ltd., will begin production in the Philippines in the first quarter of 2027 after securing warehouse and…
CONVERGE ICT Solutions is developing a household internet service priced at around P500 monthly that customers can buy off the shelf and use at home without the usual installation process, CEO Dennis Uy said. The…
While they may be fierce rivals in their respective industries, businesses joining forces when it matters most is what makes being part of an organization like the Makati Business Club (MBC) truly special for tycoon…
PHILWEB Corp. on Friday said its investee JKS Tech Solutions has secured an exclusive partnership with international gaming content provider MegaWin, expanding the listed company's technology-enabled services for…
PARIS — Pernod Ricard on Thursday reported a smaller-than-expected 0.9-percent drop in sales for the first quarter (Q1) of its 2027 fiscal year, impacted by weak demand and destocking in China and the United States…
President Marcos has appointed finance and investment veteran Victor Alfonso Limlingan as the new president and chief executive officer of the Social Security System (SSS), with priorities including expanding member…
NEW YORK/SEOUL — South Korea’s SK Hynix is seeking approval from Washington to export US chipmaking equipment to China to increase production there as a condition for building a factory in the US, two people familiar…
FINANCE Secretary Frederick Go is seeking lower remittance costs for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), as the government explores ways to make international money transfers more affordable and transparent. Go met with…
Bargain-hunting activities continued yesterday, lifting the local stock market for a second straight session.
THE Philippines’ rice imports reached 4.07 million metric tons (MT) ahead of El Niño, data from the Bureau of Plant Industry showed on Friday. As of Oct. 1, rice imports totaled 4.07 million MT, a 20.06-percent jump…
THE Philippine peso recovered against the US dollar on Friday after hitting a record low during the session, while local stocks rallied on bargain hunting and easing global bond yields. The peso closed at P62.985 per…
Tycoon Lance Gokongwei and Phinma Corp. president and COO Chito Salazar have been selected as recipients of the prestigious MAP Management Persons of the Year 2026 award.
AGRICULTURE Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. opposed the move to auction off the seized Vietnamese rice shipment from MV Tay Son 2, adding that it should instead be donated to the Department of Social Welfare and…
BANGKOK, Thailand — US Federal Reserve boss Kevin Warsh said Friday the global economy had shown unexpected resilience against strong economic shocks, as central banks battle surging inflation, while rich countries…
The Department of Finance (DOF) and the World Bank have agreed to work together to speed up the processing of financing for development projects in the Philippines.
TODAY’s guest columnist is Naomi Soriano, the new convenor for Commuters 4 Change. She bridges research and design to advance public transportation reforms. Local government units (LGUs) know their commuting environment…
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has warned against scammers posing as its officials and employees to solicit money, supposedly to release or recover funds or support charitable activities. In an advisory, the…
IN Mindanao, business often begins with a simple question: “Makasaligan ba?” Can this person be trusted? For many entrepreneurs, trust is built through everyday dealings: a supplier who delivers on time, a customer who…
CONCREAT Holdings Philippines (CHP) said in a media release that it recovers and reuses about 50 million liters of water a year at its two cement plants, reducing freshwater use and wastewater from manufacturing. The…
ABOITIZ Power Corp. (AboitizPower) said on Friday that its retail electricity supply unit, AdventEnergy, had signed a supply contract with Breadwinners Foods Corp., the company behind homegrown neighborhood bakery chain…
ACEN Corp. said on Friday that it had injected P2 billion in fresh funding to wholly owned subsidiary Giga Ace 8 Inc. to help it finance the construction of an integrated solar project in Zambales. ACEN previously…
GLOBAL demand for electric vehicles (EVs) fell 2 percent in September, ending six consecutive months of growth, as record sales in Europe were not enough to offset sharp declines in North America and China, data from…
SKYDANCE’S CNN, the Financial Times, Axios and other publishers joined Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) news program to license their content for generative AI features and explore ways to drive audience…
THE world’s coastal landscapes are at a critical turning point. As highlighted in The State of the World’s Mangroves 2026 report, decades of mangrove decline are showing signs of reversal in some regions. While global…
STOCKHOLM — Volvo Cars is expanding its partnership with Nvidia to develop a new generation of driver-assistance and automated-driving technology, the companies said on Thursday, as carmakers race to bring increasingly…
AT Sitio Ilas, Barangay Puray in Montalban, Rizal, an area within the Angat Watershed Forest Reserve (AWFR), up to 50 trees are cut each day. The families in the area engage in pangkakahoy because of pressing income…
THE Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) is updating its agricultural biotechnology training module to help local government officials make informed decisions and…
FAST-FOOD chain KFC on Thursday signed Coca-Cola as its beverage partner for US stores, bringing to a close a relationship with PepsiCo that dates back about four decades. The loss of the beverage partnership with KFC…
FAST-FOOD chain KFC on Thursday signed Coca-Cola as its beverage partner for US stores, bringing to a close a relationship with PepsiCo that dates back about four decades. The loss of the beverage partnership with KFC…
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