Alas Pilipinas standouts Vanie Gandler and Leila Cruz were named as candidates of the VTV International Cup Ms. Volleyball Rose competition recently. Gandler and Cruz took a short break from action and joined the activity for female beauties, flaunting their stunning Filipina looks while wearing...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) push for personal equity and retirement accounts (PERA) is expected to promote the wider adoption of open finance in the Philippines, according to the Tokyo-based think tank Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). “The BSP remains committed to advancing...
As manufacturers experience only mild producer price inflation, central banks in emerging markets (EMs), including the Philippines, are expected to cut interest rates some more in the near term. “Encouragingly, the price components of the PMIs [purchasing managers’ indices] fell again in June....
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is waiting for the successor of former Administrator Ariel Nepomuceno after he was appointed by President Marcos Jr. as the commissioner of the Bureau of Customs (BOC). At present, the OCD is being supervised by Officer in Charge (OIC) Asec. Bernardo Rafaelito R....
Alas Pilipinas imposed its will for an emphatic 25-13, 25-15, 25-20 win over Australia to make it two in a row in the 2025 VTV International Women 's Volleyball Cup at the Vinh Phuc Gymnasium in Vietnam Tuesday, July 1. Coming off a four-set win over Sichuan of China, the Nationals dazzled...
Foreign currency-denominated bank loans in the country posted a slight decrease in the first three months of the year, driven by weakened demand for both short and long-term borrowing from residents and non-residents alike. According to data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), foreign...
The Philippines ' net external liabilities surged by nearly six percent in the first quarter of the year, as the growth of the country 's foreign financial obligations outpaced the expansion of its overseas investments. According to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the increase in...
Alas Pilipinas got back on track and held off China-based club Sichuan, 25-12, 25-22, 19-25, 25-15, for its first win in the 2025 VTV International Women’s Volleyball Cup at Vinh Phuc Gymnasium on Monday, June 30. Motivated to bounce back from a 25-20, 25-21, 25-21 loss to Vietnam last weekend,...
Citing elevated oil prices and the recent depreciation streak of the Philippine peso, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) raised its inflation forecast for June, with the upper band at nearly two percent. According to the BSP’s statement, released on Monday, June 30, consumer price increases...
A slightly higher inflation rate that remains below two percent in June would allow the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to cut interest rates some more in August, economists said. In a June 27 report, Deutsche Bank Research economist Junjie Huang said headline inflation could have inched up to...
After swinging to a $3-billion deficit in the first quarter, the Philippines’ balance of payments (BOP) is projected to more than double at $6.3 in the second quarter of the year, marking its widest shortfall in more than four years since the $9.14 billion posted in the last quarter of 2020, the...
Despite the strong showing of its reinforcements, Alas Pilipinas bowed to host Vietnam, 20-25, 21-25, 21-25, on the opening night of the Women 's Volleyball Cup at the Vinh Phuc Gymnasium Sunday, June 29. The Filipina hitters, led by Brooke Van Sickle, MJ Phillips, and Leila Cruz, couldn...
