At the Jan. 14 hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee, a heavy blow to public health and fiscal responsibility was averted. Pro-tobacco legislators had prepared to hijack the Anti-Illicit ...

BusinessWorld published an article entitled, “Economic effects of corruption” written by Benjamin R. Punongbayan, a member of the Board of Governors of the Management Association of the Philippines.

MEGAWIDE Construction Corp. said the partial operations of the P1.87-billion Cavite Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project are expected to start by September this year. “Construction will start by the second ...

SO HERE we are, midway through the decade of the 2020s. It started turbulently with a pandemic, recovered in 2022 and 2023, and is now back to business as usual.

WEST ZONE water concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. said its capital expenditure (capex) budget for 2025 could be P30 billion or higher as the company sees a better financial year. “For this ...

SHARES in Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) inched up last week following news of the Ayala-led lender’s plans to complete its integration with Robinsons Bank Corp.’s (RBC) branches this year. Data ...

THE SECOND TERM of US President-elect Donald J. Trump could add more uncertainty to the Philippine economy, which could possibly impact trade prospects, financial flows, and monetary policy, analysts ...

RATES of the Treasury bills (T-bills) and Treasury bonds (T-bonds) to be auctioned off this week may be mixed after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) chief said they have room to further ease ...

LEXUS in the Philippines marks its 16th year by bringing in the Lexus Electrified Sport Concept, to be displayed for a limited time. Following a stint at the Lexus Manila showroom last weekend, the ...

THE COUNTRY’S external debt service burden jumped by almost 20% as of end-October, preliminary data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed. Debt servicing on external borrowings climbed by ...

HERE’S a prediction for you: wide jeans are here to stay. During the launch of the Uniqlo Jeans Spring/Summer Collection at Xception in Makati, Uniqlo tapped the know-how of Kiichuro Shibue of Amekaji ...

TikTok’s Sunday shutdown in the US poses the biggest threat to the universe of small- and medium-sized firms and so-called influencers who depend on the short-form video site for their livelihood, ...