The passage of Republic Act No. 12234, or the Konektadong Pinoy Act (KPA), together with its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR), marks a significant shift in how the Philippines approaches ...

THE PHILIPPINE Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) approved nearly P16 billion worth of investments in June, mostly projects in export manufacturing and information technology-business process management ...

The Philippine jobless rate rose to 4.7% in April from a year earlier, while underemployment climbed to a nearly three-year high of 15.2%, signaling continued weakness in the labor market. Data from ...

By Subramanyam Sreenivasaiah DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION in the Philippines has already moved from adoption to optimization. Yet, beneath this progress, shadow AI or the use of unauthorized tools to manage ...

FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS in the Philippines are falling behind their counterparts in some Southeast Asian countries in reading, writing and mathematics, with a significant percentage of students still ...

THE human rights situation in the Philippines remains defined by a deeply entrenched culture of impunity and the continued occurrence of unlawful killings under the administration of President ...

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 ...

Historically celebrated for its remarkable beauty and biodiversity, the Philippines’ archipelagic geography has emerged as a critical economic challenge. Today, logistics costs consume an alarming ...

NUVALI IN LAGUNA is Ayala Land’s largest eco-city development in the country unlocking the potential for future eco-communities in Southern Luzon. — SM PRIME AYALA LAND, Inc. (ALI) reported a 21.74% ...

Filipino consumers are becoming more deliberate, more cautious, and more emotionally driven in how they spend-signaling a shift that brands can no longer ignore. These were among the key insights ...

STEADY INFLOWS from remittances and the services sector despite emerging external pressures helped narrow the Philippines’ balance of payments (BoP) gap to a three-month low in April, Bangko Sentral ...

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 ...