PH Business News & Market Updates

Before spending on AI, Filipino MSMEs and start-ups could first test whether it works for them.

Noriaki Hirakata made a career out of scrutinizing automotive companies from the outside, analyzing business performance and offering recommendations on what automakers should do.

A tito in Quezon City gets a text on his lunch break. The sender name reflects the government agency, and the message says he has an unsettled violation. The website he taps looks official and takes him through each step, so he pays.

An Israeli businessman who changed his name to conceal property fraud in the US has joined the board of Davao-based businessman Dennis Uy’s Dito CME Holdings Inc.

he Department of Agriculture  is seeking P15 billion in funding for the livestock and poultry sector as it adjusts its financing strategy amid delays in the rollout of a competitiveness fund meant to boost the industry.

Sta. Lucia Land Inc., the flagship property development arm of the Robles and Santos families’ Sta. Lucia Group, intends to borrow over P7 billion from local financial institutions to refinance existing loans and support its continuing expansion.

Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon is a very busy man, so much so that he  spent less than 20 minutes at the infrastructure forum arranged by the Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines held  last Monday, Oct. 19 at the Insular Life Building along Paseo de R...

The Department of Finance  is still fine-tuning a proposed tax amnesty bill, which it aims to file with the House of Representatives within the year, according to Finance Undersecretary Rolando Ligon Jr.

The Philippines needs roughly P5 trillion in investments to fully harness its vast hydropower potential, according to the Department of Energy.

 The country’s miners have raised concerns over a new government system for evaluating and granting natural resource contracts, warning that the new framework could compromise investments into the sector.

Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup plans to invest $500 million in a flagship electric vehicle manufacturing facility in the Philippines.

We have been reading and hearing about how AI will soon run the world as humans watch on the sidelines.

The local stock market snapped its five-day climb following the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)’s latest rate hike and the continued weakening of the peso against the dollar.

The peso weakened past the 63.50-per-dollar level yesterday, setting another record low even after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) delivered a larger-than-usual interest rate hike before the foreign exchange market closed.

Investments approved by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority from January to October hit P310 billion, surpassing the agency’s full-year target and placing the agency on track to set a new record.

The Department of Agriculture  is looking to open export opportunities for coconut products in West Africa, following the shipment of young coconuts to Liberia.

Food and beverage company RFM Corp. is staying ready for acquisition opportunities, keeping deployable cash even as it continues to reward shareholders with  large amount of dividends.

For many Filipinos, financial needs rarely arrive one at a time.

Converge Studios officially launched its health IT solutions at “AI in Healthcare: Elevating What’s Possible."

Turn a condo viewing in the MOA Complex into a day out, and discover what the address could add to everyday life.

DoubleDragon Corp., the listed company chaired by tycoons Edgar “Injap” Sia II and Tony Tan Caktiong, continues its global expansion of Hotel101, with Africa next.

The other day, while scrolling through my social media feed, I came across a post about a collection of interviews from the 1960s, with ordinary people asked to imagine the future. S

New York-based GlobalSource Partners is advocating a larger 50-basis-point interest rate hike by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) today, warning that a smaller adjustment may not be enough to contain worsening inflation and prevent further damage to household spending and economic growth.

The Philippines can secure up to $100 million in potential investments to support the country’s agricultural value chain, according to the Department of Agriculture.

DoubleDragon Corp., the listed company chaired by tycoons Edgar “Injap” Sia II and Tony Tan Caktiong, continues its global expansion of Hotel101, with Africa next.