A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted in December 2023 found that nearly half of Filipinos think their quality of life remained “unchanged” compared to a year ago. Forty-five percent of Filipinos believe their quality of life has remained the same, 30 percent think it has "improved,"...
Pru Life UK announced the appointment of Sanjay Chakrabarty as its new Philippine Chief Executive Officer (CEO) starting February 1, 2024, subject to regulatory approval. In a statement, the firm said Chakrabarty will succeed the current CEO, Eng Teng Wong, who is moving back to Malaysia to spend...
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(Arnold Quizol / Manila Bulletin) Forty-eight percent of Filipinos expect their quality of life to improve in the next 12 months, based on the third quarter of 2023 Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results. The survey, fielded from Sept. 28 to Oct. 1 through face-to-face interviews with 1,200...
Ayala Corporation, the holding company of the Zobel family, has signed with MUFG Bank Ltd. (MUFG) and Sun Life Philippines sustainability-linked credit facilities with an aggregate amount of P5 billion. In a statement, the country’s oldest conglomerate said this is to reaffirm its commitment to...
(Unsplash) Noting that illegal recruiters are becoming more creative with their evil schemes, Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte has reiterated the need to pass a law that would classify two or more persons engaged in illegal recruitment as...
The insurance industry in the country experienced an increase of 9.38 percent to P38.28 billion during the third quarter on the back of a surge in life and non-life segments. The latest data released by the Insurance Commission (IC) showed that the industry's net income increased from July to...
Keith Bacongco (Manila Bulletin) A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey found that 28 percent of Filipinos said their quality of life was “better” than 12 months ago, 30 percent said it got “worse,” and 41 percent said it remained the same. The results of the nationwide survey conducted...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) For House Speaker Martin Romualdez, the relationship between the Philippines and China is comparable to the life of a normal married couple. "You see, the relationship between rhe Philippines and China is a...
The Filipino youth’s quality of life saw a little improvement last year as the country inched up to the 77th spot on the Youth Progress Index. The Youth Progress Index is an initiative by the European Youth Forum and Social Progress Initiative that measures the quality of life of young people...
KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN A nationwide survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) for the second quarter of 2023 showed that 46 percent of adult Filipinos believe their quality of life will improve in the next 12 months. The survey results released on Thursday, Oct. 19 revealed...
InLife Executive, Chair Nina D. Aguas, receives InLife’s 4-Golden Arrow Award for good corporate governance, the highest among insurance companies, during the ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard (ACGS) and Corporate Governance Scorecard (CGS) Golden Arrow Recognition Ceremony from by the...
