Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone explained why two of his frontliners in Kai Sotto and Quentin Millora-Brown were absent in the Final 12 of the national team for the pair of road games in the third window of the 2027 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers. Speaking at the end of the Gilas’ open...
Banks will be allowed to temporarily exclude valuation losses on government securities (GS) from their capital calculations after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) approved a regulatory relief measure in a bid to mitigate the financial impact of the ongoing Middle East conflict. In a memorandum...
A few weeks after getting married, Kai Sotto and Rere Madrid are expecting their first child after the Gilas Pilipinas star announced the pregnancy of his wife through an Instagram post Monday, June 22. “For a while, we’ve been living in our own little world. Holding onto a secret that made...
Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank AG is expecting the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to further raise key borrowing costs twice more to reach 5.25 percent, standing firmly by its assumption that the hiking cycle is not yet over and that the looming El Niño further threatens price spikes. Deutsche...
Digital payment transactions coursed through PESONet and InstaPay surged to ₱13.18 trillion in the first five months of the year, with transaction volumes nearly tripling as Filipinos increasingly rely on digital channels for their daily needs. According to the latest data from the Bangko Sentral...
UNIQLO launched its first Peace For All initiative in the Philippines through the Youth Rise Project. This project aims to equip marginalized Filipino youth with skills for future employment and leadership roles. The official launch event took place at Valenzuela Technical College, where guests and...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is expected to maintain its hawkish monetary policy stance, according to international lenders, though economists remain divided on how many additional interest-rate increases will be needed to combat persistent supply-side inflation. Japanese financial...
A surplus in May helped narrow the overall balance of payments (BOP) deficit for the Philippines to $7.28 billion for the first five months of 2026 from $7.41 billion in the previous month. While the cumulative gap remains significant, the May performance provided a slight reprieve from the...
Gilas Pilipinas is set to play New Zealand professional teams Manawatu Jets and Franklin Bulls in a pair of tuneup games as part of its preparations for the July window of the 2027 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers. Both the Jets and the Bulls announced their scheduled friendlies against Gilas with...
The third leg of the Philippine Golf Tour couldn’t have found a more fitting title than the ICTSI Pinewoods Challenge. For when the country’s leading pros and a talented wave of rising stars converge at Pinewoods Golf and Country Club in Baguio from June 30 to July 3, they won’t merely be...
Alas Pilipinas standouts Bryan Bagunas and Marck Espejo extended their professional run overseas after recently re-signing with their respective clubs. Bagunas, 28, inked a new deal in Japan’s SV.League after a championship victory with the Osaka Blueton last month where they dethroned the...
Borrowers will now have more time to settle salary-based consumption loans after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) increased the maximum repayment term to seven years from three years previously. In a statement on June 19, the BSP announced that it has updated regulations for salary-based...
