Chinabank Research said services posted its weakest performance since the pandemic, although the highest growth came from public administration, education, and health. “Reduced discretionary spending ...

Motorists queue at a gasoline station in Quezon City. — PHILIPPINE STAR/MIGUEL DE GUZMAN HEADLINE INFLATION is seen to settle within the 2-4% target this year, which could provide a much-needed boost ...

Agentic AI is now 10x faster and a fraction of the cost of human labor. A billing model built around hours of human time is no longer just inefficient — it is structurally incompatible with the ...

MERALCO POWERGEN CORP. (MGen), the power generation arm of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), is set to develop a 49-megawatt (MW) battery energy storage system (BESS) in Toledo, Cebu, which is expected ...

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it reached agreement with the pork industry to set a minimum farmgate price of P210 per kilogram for hogs on a liveweight basis. The floor price is designed to ...

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said it may take “all necessary monetary actions” to keep inflation in check amid rising price pressures after the April print exceeded its estimate. “The April ...

PRICES of agricultural goods rose 9.6% in 2023, led by the crops and fisheries sub-indices, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. In its agriculture producer price index (PPI) report, the ...

ALMOST 7 out of 10 Filipino employees place stability and work-life balance at the forefront when choosing where to work, urging employers to offer flexible working options such as working from home, ...

My take on the development experience of nations is that all progress boils down to investment — specifically on the share of income that the nation sets aside for investment or what is called the ...

YUCHENGCO-LED PetroEnergy Resources Corp. (PERC) has secured approval from the Department of Energy (DoE) to begin permit processing for a proposed ground-mounted solar power project in Capiz province ...

THE Department of Energy (DoE) has clarified the implementation of its coal moratorium policy, saying that new capacity from on-grid coal-fired power plants may be allowed only under “exceptional ...

GREEN CORE Geothermal, Inc. (GCGI), a subsidiary of Energy Development Corp. (EDC), is planning a P3.02-billion expansion of its 112.5-megawatt (MW) Palinpinon 1 Geothermal Power Plant Project in ...