A catchy melody and easy-to-remember lyrics are surefire ways to produce a chart-topping hit. But hip-hop quartet ALLMO$T believes honesty is their secret ingredient. It helps them balance creating a track that listeners will love and embracing critici...

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will double down on its efforts to promote digital payments in the country by eventually weaning the country from its dependence on coins for payments. The transition to a coin-lite society will start once the BSP ...

The Marcos administration has scored a win as Masdar, a clean energy giant based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has committed about $15 billion worth of investments in the local renewable market. A deal was signed on Wednesday between the Departmen...

First, it was Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli Remolona Jr. who called them out. Now, it’s Finance Secretary Ralph Recto. We’re talking about the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which recently urged the government to immediately restor...

Cebu Pacific saw its passenger volume last year surpass pre-pandemic level amid the continued recovery of air travel demand and expansion of routes here and abroad. The budget airline, in a statement on Thursday, reported that it flew 24.5 million pass...

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has told banks to exercise caution when doing business with companies that are at risk of losing their incorporation papers for failure to submit their annual financial statements. In a memorandum dated Jan. 14, 20...

By March 1, Philippine Airlines (PAL) will increase the frequency of its flights between Clark and Busuanga, the gateway to popular tourist destination Coron, Palawan. The flag carrier, in a statement on Thursday, said that it would boost its Clark-Bus...

DoubleDragon Corp., the property venture of tycoons Edgar Sia II and Tony Tan Caktiong, will raise up to P10 billion from the retail debt market within this first quarter of the year to beef up its expansion war chest. In a stock exchange filing on Thu...

DMCI Power Corp., the energy unit of Consunji-led DMCI Holdings Inc., set a new record for energy sales in 2024 amid the rise in consumption and the activation of its Palawan plant. In a disclosure on Thursday, the company said power sales had reached ...

Negotiations for the planned free trade agreement (FTA) between the Philippines and the European Union (EU) are set to resume in Manila by the middle of next month, with expectations of increasing two-way trade by as much as 6 billion euros or about P3...

If the Department of Agriculture (DA) focuses on the future, it must fully support the 2025 Department of Education (DepEd) school feeding program. This is a key solution to an impending disaster. If our severe malnutrition is not immediately addressed...

Simplicio “Jun” Umali Jr. is the president and CEO of Gardenia Philippines, one of the few professional CEOs who has maintained his position for the past 25 years. Under his leadership, Gardenia has become the dominant market leader in the bread catego...

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Risa Hontiveros again dispelled “conspiracy theories” surrounding the controversial Senate Bill No. 1979, or the proposed Prevention of Adolescent Pregnant Act of 2023. In a statement on Thursday, she assured Filipinos that a...

For Judy Ann Santos, spending more time with her husband Ryan Agoncillo, and kids, as well as taking on more projects, are some of her wishes for 2025. The new year signals a hopeful beginning for many, including some of the biggest names in the entert...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and China have agreed to uphold the “provisional understanding” allowing Manila’s rotation and resupply (RORE) missions to BRP Sierra Madre at Ayungin Shoal at the 10th Bilateral Consultation Mechanism ...

There is no urgent need any more for me to alert people about the erratic and turbulent tendencies for life in 2025. I have been consistently pointing to it these last few years because the pattern had started earlier. In fact, the 2020 Covid 19 pandem...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) aims to provide psychosocial support for the girl who was seen in a viral video in an altercation with a security guard at a mall in Mandaluyong City. The video circulating o...