Before the pandemic, the Philippine poverty rate was only 19 percent, but scaled up to 23 percent in 2021, at the height of Covid-19. President Marcos was able to reduce it to 15.5 percent percent by 2023. Stop celebrating, though, because the Philippines has a population of 119 million, and if...
Many people looking for a job do not have the luxury of choosing the kind of work they will be doing and what company they will be working for. In many cases, being able to find a job, any job, is good enough. However, if you ever find yourself with the upper hand in having a choice due to your...
When you buy shares in a company, you become part owner of the company, and you make money in one of two ways: through dividends or price appreciation when you sell your shares at a profit. A stock may appreciate based on various reasons, such as the company’s high profitability, an industry that...
Top Line Business Development Corporation (Top Line) is planning to build fuel depots in Mactan and Bohol with a combined storage capacity of 30 million liters to support the continued expansion of its fuel retailing business in the Visayas. Based on the firm’s draft prospectus filed with the...
As the financial markets absorb the policy action of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), there’s a hum going around the market place about the other move being undertaken by the BSP Governor and his team. “Have been scheduled? Have you met him and his team,” are but some of the exchanges...
For the past two decades, I dedicated myself to honing my financial skills, often at the expense of my physical health. This year, I decided to change that by participating in various running events organized by RunRio, including the Ayala Foundation’s tACbo event in January, the BPI Best Life...
MABITAC, Laguna – A businessman and his live-in partner were allegedly gunned down by a competitor in the handicrafts business during a heated argument in Barangay Nanguma, this town, on Tuesday afternoon, August 13. Police identified the victims as William Talisik and Margie Serrano....
Last week, the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX) held a webinar on social media (socmed) and ethical issues. Tech law expert Atty. Edsel Tupaz headlined the seminar via Zoom titled “Ethics Chasing Technology” which was presented by the FINEX Ethics Committee. Tupaz is a...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero clarified on Saturday, Aug. 10 that there are currently no plans to trim down the existing number of holidays in the country, or that it is a priority of the Senate. (MB file photo) "Ang polisiya ng Senado ay huwag nang dagdagan, hindi naman bawasan...
Beverages tycoon Alfredo Yao's Philippine Business Bank (PBB) posted an 18.8 percent growth in net income to P1.03 billion in the first half of 2024, compared to the P869.2 million generated in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the bank said...
“SKR passed away; please come at Bancom‘s celebration of SKR’s life,” the text of Nenette Zapanta Lee, Bancom’s former Corporate Affairs and Communications officer. So, who is SKR? Sixto K. Roxas, or SKR, was a brilliant economist, a trailblazer, and the founder of Bancom...
Resolutions, petitions, and appeals, not to mention reactions of disgust and frustrations, snowballed following this corner’s breaking piece on the seemingly underhanded manner by which the immediate past president of Chicago-based Rotary International (RI) Gordon R. McInally to cancel holding...
