The Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) has proposed the creation of a National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Implementation Taskforce to accelerate the country’s adoption of AI, saying stronger coordination is needed to prepare workers, businesses, and government for the technology’s growing...
Stressing that there are many underrepresented sectors in business, Association of Southeast Asian Nations-Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) Philippines Chair Joey Concepcion called for a more inclusive and borderless ASEAN digital economy. Speaking at the ASEAN Tech Summit Manila 2026 on...
The Private Sector Advisory Council’s Digital Infrastructure Sector (PSAC-Digital Infra) has urged President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to accelerate reforms on cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), fiber deployment, and rural connectivity to strengthen the country’s digital infrastructure...
Asia-Pacific business leaders are demanding stricter artificial intelligence (AI) governance and tighter cross-border policing to counter the surge in sophisticated online scams and cyber fraud across the region. The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, formalized a...
A group of senior company executives based in the United States (US) will visit the country in August for a business mission to explore investment opportunities and advance the economic partnership between Manila and Washington. In a notice seen by Manila Bulletin, the US-ASEAN Business Council...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is now preparing travel advisories amid the threat of super typhoon “Bavi” which is expected to enter the country’s area of responsibility as early as Tuesday night, July 7. LTFRB chairman Vigor D. Mendoza II said they are now...
Super Typhoon Bavi remained outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) early Saturday, July 4, as the easterlies continued to bring isolated rain showers and thunderstorms over parts of Luzon and the Visayas, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration...
Traffic slowdowns and road closures are expected in the UP Diliman area in Quezon City on June 27 as the local government enforces adjustments for the Pride March 2026 and related activities. The Quezon City Government, in partnership with Pride PH and the Maginhawa Food Community, will lead the...
The United States (US)-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Business Council Inc. (USABC) is urging Southeast Asian governments to accelerate customs digitalization, harmonize trade procedures, strengthen anti-illicit trade enforcement, and deepen public-private cooperation to bolster...
The Quezon City government has announced that motorists should anticipate heavier traffic and temporary road closures in several areas on June 6, as the city hosts the Pride Run 2026 in celebration of Pride Month. Organized by the city government in partnership with RunRio, the event will be held...
A section of Cambridge Street in Quezon City will be closed from June 1, 2026 until December 2027 to give way to the construction of the “QCitizen Homes – Cambridge” housing project. The Quezon City government said the affected stretch covers Cambridge Street from K-9th Street to Ermin...
The Quezon City government announced that a traffic slowdown is expected on major roads in Quezon City on Sunday, May 24, due to the convoy transport of a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) for the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP). The slow-moving convoy will travel from Plaridel, Bulacan, to the North...
