GOVERNMENT SPENDING is likely to slow in the first half of 2025 due to the election ban on public works and congressional insertions in the national budget, the Department of Budget and Management ...

THE Philippines will remain a key partner of the United States under President-elect Donald J. Trump, who is likely to tap Indo-Pacific allies as Washington thwarts China’s challenge to its ...

THE SECOND TERM of US President-elect Donald J. Trump could add more uncertainty to the Philippine economy, which could possibly impact trade prospects, financial flows, and monetary policy, analysts ...

THE COUNTRY’S external debt service burden jumped by almost 20% as of end-October, preliminary data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed. Debt servicing on external borrowings climbed by ...

THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY will continue to accelerate from this year to 2026 as domestic demand remains robust, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, but warned risks are tilted to the downside due ...

WEST ZONE water concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. said its capital expenditure (capex) budget for 2025 could be P30 billion or higher as the company sees a better financial year. “For this ...

At the Jan. 14 hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee, a heavy blow to public health and fiscal responsibility was averted. Pro-tobacco legislators had prepared to hijack the Anti-Illicit ...

BusinessWorld published an article entitled, “Economic effects of corruption” written by Benjamin R. Punongbayan, a member of the Board of Governors of the Management Association of the Philippines.

MEGAWIDE Construction Corp. said the partial operations of the P1.87-billion Cavite Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project are expected to start by September this year. “Construction will start by the second ...

SO HERE we are, midway through the decade of the 2020s. It started turbulently with a pandemic, recovered in 2022 and 2023, and is now back to business as usual.

SHARES in Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) inched up last week following news of the Ayala-led lender’s plans to complete its integration with Robinsons Bank Corp.’s (RBC) branches this year. Data ...

HERE’S a prediction for you: wide jeans are here to stay. During the launch of the Uniqlo Jeans Spring/Summer Collection at Xception in Makati, Uniqlo tapped the know-how of Kiichuro Shibue of Amekaji ...