An avid fan has bought the Parañaque City home of late OPM icon Pilita Corrales, which was put up for sale earlier this year for a "negotiable" price of P26 million. Pilita 's daughter, actress-singer Jackie Lou Blanco, said she is "very happy" that the buyer is a huge fan of her mother,...
Shakey’s Pizza Asia Ventures Inc. saw its first-half net income fall 33 percent to ₱232 million, dragged down by rising operating expenses and restructuring costs tied to its Peri-Peri Charcoal Chicken network. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Shakey’s reported that excluding...
LT Group Inc. (LTG), the conglomerate led by billionaire Lucio Tan, posted a 14 percent gain in first-half profit to ₱17.03 billion, propelled by expanded earnings at its banking and tobacco units. In a filing with the Philippine Stock Exchange, LTG said net income attributable to the parent...
Several new faces are set to give the Gilas Pilipinas Boys team a much-needed boost in its bid in the 2026 FIBA U18 Asian Championships in Ahmedabad, India from Aug. 13 to 23. The 6-foot-7 Filipino-American Elias Gish from Far Eastern University provides the Nationals the ceiling they need...
Nickel Asia Corp. (NAC) is expanding its renewable power footprint with plans to build an additional 374 megawatt-peaks of solar projects, following its unit rebranding aimed at broadening the mining company’s push into clean energy. In a statement on Friday, Aug. 7, NAC announced that the listed...
Temus, a Singapore-based AI and digital transformation company established by Temasek, today announced a strategic investment in Thinking Machines Data Science, a Filipina-founded AI and data company headquartered in the Philippines and OpenAI 's first official Services Partner in Asia...
The Department of Agriculture–Bureau of Plant Industry (DA-BPI) and Mitsui & Co. (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd. Manila Branch signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on July 29, 2026, to launch a research collaboration on an innovative crop protection technology for the Philippine mango industry....
Nicholas Sparks’ “The Notebook” is a timeless romance novel that has spawned an unforgettable movie adaptation and a stunning Broadway show. While these seem like heavy acts to follow, Filipino-American theater director Nicholas Polonio isn 't shying away from the task. Coming all the...
Ports and infrastructure trillionaire Enrique K. Razon Jr. topped the 2026 Forbes list of the Philippines’ 50 Richest for the first time, overtaking the Sy siblings even as the combined wealth of the country’s tycoons fell by eight percent to $79 billion from $86 billion a year ago. The...
At the YouTube Works Awards Philippines 2026, the country 's premier gathering of creators, brands, agencies, and advertisers, Google unveiled the nation’s most creative and effective marketing campaigns on YouTube, highlighting how brands leverage the platform’s high-value ecosystem to...
By YUSUKE UMEZAKI Relations between Japan and Southeast Asia are growing ever closer. People-to-people exchanges, including tourism, are becoming increasingly active, while interest in each other’s cultures continues to grow. Through post World War II reconciliation and decades of cooperation,...
Seven publicly listed Philippine companies were included in Forbes Asia’s “Best Under A Billion” 2026 list, which recognizes small and midsized companies that are successfully navigating the challenges of geopolitical tensions and volatile energy markets. “These 200 publicly listed...
