The Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines Research and Development Foundation (FINEX Foundation) has decided to join other shareholders of the Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corporation (PDSHC) in selling its stake to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). In a disclosure by the PSE,...
Despite the growing reliance of manufacturing industries on service inputs, the Philippines has been falling behind many of its regional neighbors in global value chain (GVC) participation. The Philippine manufacturing sector has struggled with GVC participation, even though the country has a...
Despite a national push for artificial intelligence (AI) integration, local businesses, especially micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), struggle to adopt AI technologies due to infrastructure, awareness, and funding barriers. According to a recent study by the Philippine Institute for...
More than three decades after the country embarked on a devolution agenda, a new Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) study raised critical issues in local government spending, particularly in light of the 2019 Mandanas ruling. According to PIDS, the Madanas ruling, which...
The Washington-based Institute of International Finance (IIF) sees the Philippine economy growing below the government's goal this and next year mainly due to external developments—especially the slowing Chinese economy and forthcoming US tariffs—impacting global trade. In a Dec. 11...
The Philippines' public debt as a share to gross domestic product (GDP) rose in the third quarter alongside slower economic growth, even as private-sector debts continued to fall before the onset of downward interest rates. The latest Global Debt Monitor of the Washington-based Institute of...
Cebu is fast becoming an emerging force in the Philippine cacao industry since its rich soil and warm climate are ideal for the cultivation of the cacao tree whose seeds are used to make chocolate. As the premier province of Central Visayas, Cebu is benefiting from the global and local demand for...
(Unsplash) Congress must ensure the swift passage of the Site Blocking Bill in a bid to address piracy in the Philippines, Makati City-based think tank Stratbase ADR Institute said on Monday, Nov. 4. According to Stratbase, the country currently has...
Pinoys who have experienced traveling overseas could only wish that cities in the Philippines are as livable as those they had visited in Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand, according to a soon-to-be-published Asian Institute of Management (AIM) paper. AIM Rizalino S. Navarro Policy Center...
CEBU CITY – Classes in two universities here were disrupted due to bomb threats that turned out to be a hoax on Monday, Oct. 21. A K9 team sweeps through the Cebu Institute of Technology-University after a netizen posted on Facebook that a bomb was planted in the campus on Monday, Oct....
The Philippine Iron and Steel Institute (PISI) has raised concerns over the prevalence of substandard rebars in Mindanao and Northern Luzon. Following a series of random test purchases, PISI reported the discovery of inferior rebars in both regions, highlighting the need to intensify...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) announced on Wednesday, Oct. 9, that globally ranked Philippine higher education institutions (HEIs) continue to increase, with six HEIs now ranked in the newly released 2025 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. (CHED / MB VIsual Content...
