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ING Philippines wins Asian Banking & Finance Award for Excellence in Foreign Exchange Solutions and Market Innovation

ING Philippines wins Asian Banking & Finance Award for Excellence in Foreign Exchange Solutions and Market Innovation

ING Philippines has been recognised for Excellence in Foreign Exchange (FX) Solutions and Market Innovation at the 2025 Asian Banking & Finance Wholesale Banking Awards, underscoring the bank’s leadership in delivering sophisticated FX strategies...

United Family Healthcare highlights its role in innovation and patient-centered care

United Family Healthcare highlights its role in innovation and patient-centered care

The unveiling ceremony of the Center for Urologic Oncology of United Family Healthcare is held in Beijing on Saturday. Photo: United Family Healthcare In June 2024, a Zimbabwean patient diagnosed with prostate cancer embarked on an extraordinary...

Philippines’ score lags behind regional average in ICT Index

Philippines’ score lags behind regional average in ICT Index

Home Infographics Philippines’ score lags behind regional average in ICT Index July 7, 2025 | 12:03 am The Philippines scored 78 out of 100 in the 2025 ICT Development Index (IDI) from UN agency International Telecommunication Union, outpacing the...

ADB approves 65.8 mln USD financing package to support agrifood systems transformation in Laos

MANILA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday announced that it has approved a financing package of 65.8 million U.S. dollars for the Sustainable Agrifood Systems Sector Project in Laos. According to the ADB, the project...

Filipino students' waste management tracking system wins at Asia-Pacific Solution Challenge

Filipino students' waste management tracking system wins at Asia-Pacific Solution Challenge

A waste management tracking system developed by four students from Holy Angel University in Angeles, Pampanga won the People’s Choice Award at the 2025 APAC Solution Challenge, and presented on a demo day at the 2025 APAC Digital Transformation...

Philippine bet Charyzah Barbara Esparrago ‘happy’ with Miss Supermodel Worldwide 2025 1st runner-up finish

Philippine bet Charyzah Barbara Esparrago ‘happy’ with Miss Supermodel Worldwide 2025 1st runner-up finish

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine bet Charyzah Barbara Esparrago was content with her first runner-up finish at the just-concluded Miss Supermodel Worldwide 2025 coronation night that took place at the Okada Manila. Joy Mwangi of the USA bagged the...

Transmission rate hike could start next month

Transmission rate hike could start next month

CONSUMERS should expect power rates to go up next month with a transmission rate hike likely to take effect, Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairman and CEO Monalisa Dimalanta said on Monday. The increase stems from the regulator in April...

Grid operator to start P28-billion cost recovery next month, ERC says

Grid operator to start P28-billion cost recovery next month, ERC says

THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) has been cleared to begin implementing the staggered cost recovery of at least P28.29 billion in the August billing month. “I think the (increase) will...

Philippines reaffirms commitment to ratify, promote High Seas Treaty

Philippines reaffirms commitment to ratify, promote High Seas Treaty

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines reaffirmed its commitment to the early ratification and entry into force of the Agreement on the Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) in its...

PH gaming operators: Total ban will only push millions of players into black market

PH gaming operators: Total ban will only push millions of players into black market

MANILA, Philippines – With the proposals to outlaw online gambling, licensed operators in the Philippines warned that an outright prohibition will only push millions of players to the black market where illegal operators thrive. Signed by 14...

Marriott Bonvoy spotlights Filipino bridal masterpieces at Marry Me At Marriott x Gideon Hermosa

Marriott Bonvoy spotlights Filipino bridal masterpieces at Marry Me At Marriott x Gideon Hermosa

Since its inception in 2014, Marry Me At Marriott — the signature bridal fashion show and wedding expo of Marriott Bonvoy and its partner hotels — has set the standard for weddings and celebrations, consistently elevating them through its annual...

Business group flags hurdles to WTE projects

Business group flags hurdles to WTE projects

The Makati Business Club (MBC) warned that persistent challenges related to costs, regulations and supply are undermining the feasibility of waste-to-energy (WTE) projects in the Philippines, despite increasing interest in the sector. A recent...

Director-General champions innovation and collaboration at 44th Session of the FAO Conference

Director-General champions innovation and collaboration at 44th Session of the FAO Conference

Rome – The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, concluded the 44th Session of the FAO Conference (28 June – 4 July) by emphasizing the imperative for a robust FAO in light of the immense, complex, and interconnected challenges facing humanity. He...

More detail on US tariff impacts needed, says Pichai

More detail on US tariff impacts needed, says Pichai

Finance minister says Thailand ‘must be prepared for every scenario’ PUBLISHED : 9 Jul 2025 at 20:26 Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira says the government is gathering more detailed feedback from the private sector about the potential impacts...

OVP gets ‘unmodified opinion’ from COA for fiscal year 2024

OVP gets ‘unmodified opinion’ from COA for fiscal year 2024

MANILA, Philippines — Amid allegations of its purported misuse of confidential funds (CFs), the Office of the Vice President (OVP) has received an “unmodified opinion” from the Commission on Audit (COA) for fiscal year 2024. An unmodified or...

George Yang’s McDonald’s Philippines marks major milestone with 800th store opening in Davao Global Township

George Yang’s McDonald’s Philippines marks major milestone with 800th store opening in Davao Global Township

- Advertisement - DAVAO CITY, Philippines — McDonald’s Philippines continues its growth and scaling as it opened its 800th store in the country last June 30. This milestone store is located at Davao Global Township, an emerging central business...

Mitsubishi Motors Philippines introduces updated Mirage G4: Everyday Made Stylish

Mitsubishi Motors Philippines introduces updated Mirage G4: Everyday Made Stylish

Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation (MMPC) is officially introducing the updated Mitsubishi Mirage G4, continuing its legacy as a practical, stylish, and easy-to-drive sedan that is built for everyday Filipino journeys. Since its...

Woman dies after king cobra bit her in Bohol’s Sevilla town

Woman dies after king cobra bit her in Bohol’s Sevilla town

Researchers identified a new king cobra species that’s endemic only in the Philippines. It’s called the Luzon king cobra (Ophiophagus salvatana). | Photo from European Journal of Taxonomy TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol — A 52-year-old woman died after...

Del Monte Philippines’ FY2025 Ebitda rises 40%, as exports growth drives sales

Del Monte Philippines’ FY2025 Ebitda rises 40%, as exports growth drives sales

[SINGAPORE] Del Monte Philippines said earnings for the year ended May 2025 rose, powered by higher domestic and international sales. The subsidiary of Philippine and Singapore-listed Del Monte Pacific said Monday (Jul 7) that Ebitda (earnings...

Isko signs general tax amnesty ordinance

Isko signs general tax amnesty ordinance

Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno has signed an ordinance granting general tax amnesty to provide relief to the taxpayers. “Despite this situation, everyone in this city, gusto namin iparamdam sa inyo na ang gobyerno ng Lungsod ng Maynila ay...

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