SM Investments Corp. and its major subsidiaries clinched a combined 24 awards at the 16th Asian Excellence Awards. The parent company bagged eight distinctions from Hong Kong-based publication Corporate Governance, including the Sustainable Asia Award, Asia’s Best CSR, Best Corporate...
Asia United Bank Corp. (AUB) has approved a plan to increase its authorized capital stock nearly five-fold as the lender prepares to expand its digital services and deploy generative artificial intelligence (AI). In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, AUB stated that its board of...
Filipino consumers are falling behind their Asian neighbors in bouncing back from the Covid-19 pandemic as low-paying jobs, shrinking savings, and slowing remittances hit household spending. According to a report by Dutch bank ING, while shoppers in India and Japan have resumed pre-pandemic...
Airlines based in the Asia-Pacific region maintained positive momentum in passenger traffic during the first five months of 2026 despite reduced flight schedules beginning to take their toll, according to the Kuala Lumpur-based Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA). The latest preliminary...
The Philippines scored below the regional average in the World Bank’s latest Human Capital Index Plus (HCI+), underscoring persistent gaps in health, education, and employment outcomes despite outperforming the average for lower-middle-income countries (LMICs). In an April 2026 human capital...
Shakey’s Pizza Asia Ventures, Inc. (SPAVI), the Po family’s restaurant and kiosk operator, is not letting a good crisis go to waste as the company is treating the current environment as a stress test to streamline operations—including closing underperforming stores—to prepare for growth...
I met social media personality Camille Postolero through her broadcaster husband, Jigo Postolero. (Pero hindi naging kami ni Jigo ha!) I used to work with Jigo in a news organization. (Na as of now, gusto ko nang kalimutan!) Camille has been serving as executive producer of several DZMM news...
Finding the perfect way to celebrate Father 's Day can be a challenge, especially for families looking to create meaningful memories beyond the usual dining experience. This year, Lanson Place Mall of Asia, Manila offers a fresh take on the occasion with a Father 's Day celebration that...
Persistent price pressures are expected to keep the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on alert, but foreign observers are now urging a more dovish stance, including a potential year-long pause, following the central bank 's “restrained” rate hike to 4.75 percent. British banking giant...
Forty-two Philippine companies earned spots on the third annual Fortune Southeast Asia 500 ranking, driven by strong performances from the country’s largest family-led conglomerates and financial institutions. Top Frontier Investment Holdings Inc., the controlling shareholder of San Miguel Corp.,...
Stubborn inflation is forcing the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to seriously consider higher borrowing costs, a move that threatens to worsen the sharp economic slowdown already hitting the country. Since the BSP delivered a quarter-point hike to 4.5 percent in April, calls for further...
Forty-two volunteers were safely rescued after a yacht carrying them and the relief supplies caught fire while on its way to deliver aid to earthquake-hit communities in Southern Mindanao on Friday. Video footage posted on the official social media page of the Adventists Southern Asia-Pacific...
