Slow budget rollouts in agriculture and education dragged down government spending in the first half of the year, offsetting the aggressive catch-up in infrastructure projects and further decelerating the Marcos administration’s fiscal disbursement pace. According to data from the Department of...
Close to 500 HR leaders and executives filled Dusit Thani Manila on July 8, 2026 for the State of HR Summit 2026, Sprout Solutions ' flagship event on the future of work. Held to full capacity under the theme Leading a People-First AI Transformation, the summit explored how organizations can...
What does it take to wake up the Philippine government? If the visual horror of a pristine forest turned into a mountain of trash isn’t enough, you would think the combined social media firestorm of multi-awarded actress Nadine Lustre and multimedia superstar Anne Curtis would do the trick....
The revenue of the country’s information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) sector is expected to reach $50.5 billion by 2028, down 14 percent from its original target amid stronger competition and the increased adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). Based on the revised...
Thai internet sensation Aon Somrutai is looking to build a bigger career in the Philippines following her first visit to Manila. The influencer behind the viral catchphrase “Thank you, Kateyki!” recently arrived in the country as part of a new partnership with Universal Records Philippines and...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) -- Japan 's parliament Monday passed into law a bill to establish a disaster management agency, which will act as the government 's command center for disaster reduction measures and responses. The bill was approved by a majority vote at a plenary meeting of the House...
The Department of Energy (DOE) revamped its clean energy bidding program, expanding the installation targets for waste-to-energy projects while temporarily halting its offshore wind auction to adjust for grid and regulatory bottlenecks. In a statement, the DOE said the adjustments aim to attract...
The Marcos administration will deploy ₱12.3 billion using surpluses and fresh budget allocations to settle multi-year financial arrears owed to state universities and colleges, according to a government joint administrative order. The national government plans to tap ₱7.8 billion in...
As extreme weather becomes more regular in the Philippines, flood management has become one of the defining challenges of urban development. In this context, conversations around resilience must move beyond emergency response and towards a more fundamental question: how can urban spaces be planned...
Three of the country’s largest business groups have backed the expansion of benefits provided by state-run Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), but stressed that timely and complete premium payments are crucial to sustain the national health insurer’s finances and further widen...
Amid recent calamities that have battered the Philippines, the government’s calamity fund shed ₱1.7 billion in June, all of which was allocated to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). As of June 30, 2026, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (NDRRMF)...
Today’s piece is a reflection on the fuel marking program (FMP), a topic that is the current buzz in business circles and one close to my heart as a chemist by education and a nosy journalist by profession. That’s right, Virginia, I’m joining the fray. I will try to go deep into the...
