THE SECURITIES and Exchange Commission (SEC) eased the minimum free float requirements for large initial public offerings (IPO), a move that may pave the way for mega-IPOs in the Philippines. SEC ...

The Philippines’ total debt grew by 3.6% to $490.8 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025, latest figures from the Institute of International Finance’s Global Debt Monitor showed. During the period, the ...

THE LIGHT RAIL Transit Authority (LRTA) said the government is hoping to complete the acquisition of right-of-way (RoW) for segments 2 and 3 of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) Cavite extension ...

PHILIPPINE CAR SALES slumped in January amid a weaker demand for both passenger and commercial vehicles, according to an industry report. Read the full story.

THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) is proposing to require all banks and nonbanks to conduct a self-assessment of their cybersecurity maturity amid growing concerns over increasing cyber risks.

IN AESOP’S FABLE, The Fox and the Grapes, the main character is trying to pluck fruits off the vine which prove to be beyond his reach. He justifies his failure to pluck his prize by telling himself, ...

THE PESO appreciated to a new five-month high against the dollar on Wednesday as renewed tariff uncertainty dragged the dollar. The local unit surged by 24.5 centavos to close at P57.51 against the ...

French President Emmanuel Macron accepted the resignation on Tuesday of the head of Paris’ Louvre Museum, which has been grappling with the fallout from a high-profile jewel heist and rolling strikes.

Artificial intelligence (AI) lab Anthropic on Tuesday unveiled 10 new ways for business customers to plug in its technology to key areas of their work, weeks after other releases sparked an aggressive ...

FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY (fintech) firm Maya is targeting an initial public offering (IPO) in the second half of the year, with plans to list first in the United States and then on the Philippine Stock ...

PANGILINAN-LED Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) achieved its P50-billion profit target for 2025, driven by power generation growth and contributions from its distribution business. The company’s 2025 ...

An imagined dystopia of mass unemployment fueled by artificial intelligence (AI), highlighted in Citrini Research’s now viral report, has unsettled global markets, where a recent huge bet on the ...