Agentic AI is now 10x faster and a fraction of the cost of human labor. A billing model built around hours of human time is no longer just inefficient — it is structurally incompatible with the ...

The Philippine jobless rate rose to 4.7% in April from a year earlier, while underemployment climbed to a nearly three-year high of 15.2%, signaling continued weakness in the labor market. Data from ...

MERALCO POWERGEN CORP. (MGen), the power generation arm of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), is set to develop a 49-megawatt (MW) battery energy storage system (BESS) in Toledo, Cebu, which is expected ...

THE Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) said the Market! Market! site in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) is set for disposal and redevelopment once its lease ends in 2027. “The Market!

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it reached agreement with the pork industry to set a minimum farmgate price of P210 per kilogram for hogs on a liveweight basis. The floor price is designed to ...

ALMOST 7 out of 10 Filipino employees place stability and work-life balance at the forefront when choosing where to work, urging employers to offer flexible working options such as working from home, ...

POWER DISTRIBUTOR Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) saw its core net income rise by 22% to P45.1 billion in 2024, driven by growth in its distribution, power generation, and retail electricity supply (RES ...

In our earlier article, “Removal of the 5-Year Validity of Receipts and Invoices,” I explained that the Philippine tax system is mostly driven by supporting documents and that the deductibility of ...

The Philippines is not exempt from the global dilemma of fashion-driven waste and environmental damage. A recent study revealed that Filipino youth are significant drivers of the fast fashion industry ...

STEADY INFLOWS from remittances and the services sector despite emerging external pressures helped narrow the Philippines’ balance of payments (BoP) gap to a three-month low in April, Bangko Sentral ...

My take on the development experience of nations is that all progress boils down to investment — specifically on the share of income that the nation sets aside for investment or what is called the ...

THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) has limited its term deposit facility (TDF) and short-term securities to a single tenor each as it aims to enhance monetary policy transmission and push banks to ...