THE NUMBER of jobless Filipinos rose by about 570,000 to 2.54 million in October from a year earlier, even as overall employment increased by 460,000, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) ...

THE British Chamber of Commerce Philippines (BCCP) said the ASEAN chairmanship and key reforms will help the Philippines amplify its case as a key investment destination. “I think that from an ...

A SPANISH energy firm is looking at the Philippines for renewable energy (RE) projects as it expands in the Asia-Pacific, the Board of Investments (BoI) said. In a statement on Wednesday, the BoI said ...

THE ASIAN Development Bank (ADB) slashed its growth forecasts for the Philippines for this year and 2026 but it is still expected to be the second-fastest growing economy in Southeast Asia. In its ...

As 2025 draws to a close, taxpayers are looking forward to a stabler and more predictable tax audit environment following the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) No.

ELECTRICITY RATES on the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) dipped in November as supply improved while demand fell, according to the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines ...

Listed property developer Cityland Development Corp. (CDC) on Wednesday announced the resignation of Congressman Eduardo C. Villanueva as independent director, citing personal reasons. In a disclosure ...

THE US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it reduced its estimate for Philippine milled rice production in marketing year 2025-2026 to 12.3 million metric tons (MMT), following typhoon damage to ...

THE Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEPDev) said four measures approved by the Legislative‑Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) are focused on bringing about deeper ...

TWENTY business groups called for the creation of a fully empowered anti-corruption body to deal with the multi-billion public works scam. “Our country urgently needs a far more empowered, broad-based ...