Foreign business groups welcomed the Philippines’ leap to upper-middle-income status as a positive signal of the country’s growing position as a competitive investment destination. In a statement, the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (AmCham) said the World Bank’s...
Business process outsourcing (BPO) firms are increasingly expanding beyond Metro Manila into key provincial cities as rising costs, congestion, and limited office space in the capital reshape the country’s office market as well as commercial real estate landscape, according to property...
Newly appointed United States Ambassador to the Philippines Lee Lipton pledged to elevate the Philippines-United States alliance and bring more American investments, jobs, and assistance to Filipinos as the two countries prepare to mark 80 years of diplomatic relations. Speaking at the “Freedom...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) on Friday, July 3, filed before the Sandiganbayan a plunder case, a non-bailable offense, against Senator Rodante Marcoleta over the alleged P75 million in undeclared donations he received while he was still serving as a congressman, along with three separate...
Filipino-Japanese American Gen Mark Tanno, a former Las Piñas resident who previously worked at Meta and Microsoft, has achieved his childhood dream by joining Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company. Tanno, 28, whose mother is Filipino and father a Japanese businessman, graduated summa cum laude...
In an age of accelerating digital transformation and the relentless rise of AI-driven workflows, the very definition of a business laptop is being redefined. Modern professionals, prosumers, and enterprise leaders no longer see laptops as mere operating expenses or basic work tools. Instead, they...
We often think of the Philippines through the lens of water. We prepare for stronger typhoons, rising seas, and devastating floods. Drought has always been part of the conversation—especially during El Niño years—but it has rarely occupied the same place in our national consciousness. That may...
Daikin Philippines, in partnership with the Philippine Institute of Interior Designers (PIID), recently launched the Daikin Designer Awards (DDA) Asean 2026 in the Philippines. As a regional initiative, DDA was first conceived for Indonesian architects and interior designers in 2020. “Since then,...
I used to wonder whether the Sealion 6 deserved the hype it was getting, especially coming from a new Chinese brand competing in an industry dominated by established Japanese hybrid tech pioneers. Let me cut to the chase and tell you what is already a well-known open secret — yes, it is. After...
More than a decade ago, it was Tesla that brought electric vehicles into the mainstream. Many newer competitors chase range, software, and charging technology, while the Model 3 remains the benchmark that many EVs are measured against. The same international benchmark is available in the...
Investigators found the statements of eight former Marines to be “categorical and consistent” regarding alleged money deliveries to former House Speaker Martin Romualdez and former party-list Representative Zaldy Co, the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) said on Thursday, July 2. Assistant...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) tightened oversight of its Philippine infrastructure projects following the multibillion-peso flood-control corruption scandal that shook its host country, despite finding no evidence of wrongdoing involving contracts it finances. In its Anticorruption and...
