DITO BizBayan and GCash For Business have partnered to help Filipino businesses operate more efficiently with the launch of the DITO WoWFi Optima + GCash for Business bundle. The integrated solution combines reliable business connectivity with real-time payment audio confirmation, while giving...
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...
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...
We are addicted to instant. Instant coffee. Instant noodles. Instant messages. Instant loans. Instant delivery. Instant answers. Instant fame. Instant outrage. We want everything now. Watch people waiting for an elevator. The button is already lit, but someone will press it again. And again. As if...
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...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla on Saturday, July 11, told politicians to choose between doing business and serving in government, saying public officials should stop engaging in government contracting amid the Office of the Ombudsman’s continuing conflict-of-interest...
Business names registered with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) expanded by nearly five percent in the first half of 2026, even as the impact of elevated inflation is already being felt in the pace of filings. The latest DTI data showed that business name registrations from January to...
BAGUIO CITY – At least 1,080 business establishments in the city are facing closure for operating without permits or violating sanitation regulations, an official said. Geraldine Angulo, acting head of the Permits and Licensing Division under the City Mayor 's Office, said about 60 percent...
International Finance Corp. (IFC), the World Bank Group’s (WBG) private-sector arm, is supporting a new initiative to expand lending to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the Philippines, particularly in underserved areas outside Metro Manila, as part of efforts to improve...
Business process outsourcing (BPO) firms are increasingly expanding beyond Metro Manila into key provincial cities as rising costs, congestion, and limited office space in the capital reshape the country’s office market as well as commercial real estate landscape, according to property...
In an age of accelerating digital transformation and the relentless rise of AI-driven workflows, the very definition of a business laptop is being redefined. Modern professionals, prosumers, and enterprise leaders no longer see laptops as mere operating expenses or basic work tools. Instead, they...
Philippine corporate executives turned less pessimistic about the economic outlook last month, betting that a revival in consumer spending will shore up corporate earnings even as households grew increasingly anxious over job security and dwindling finances. According to the Bangko Sentral ng...
