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Nosy Tarsee knows they have never been friends. One is the old empire whose lights got switched off. The other is the brash newcomer, state-blessed and…
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Nosy Tarsee knows they have never been friends. One is the old empire whose lights got switched off. The other is the brash newcomer, state-blessed and…
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The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has begun preparations for the possible implementation of the proposed Qualified Domestic Minimum Top-Up Tax (QDMTT), a…
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The BSP attributed the quarter-on-quarter decline in external debt mainly to lower non-resident holdings of Philippine debt securities amid cautious investor…
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The Philippines’ outstanding external debt declined slightly to $147.35 billion at the end of the first quarter of 2026 from $147.65 billion at the end of…
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Word has it that a well-established corporation with deep roots in the southern part of the metropolis is quietly packing up its principal office and heading…
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Philippine conglomerates face roughly P1.6 trillion — about $26 billion — in debt obligations maturing between 2027 and 2029.
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The country’s gross international reserves (GIRs) stood at a 16-month low of $104.0 billion as of end-May 2026, slightly lower than the previous month’s $104.3…
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Many corporations possess governance practices that are reasonably effective internally but fail to fully demonstrate them.
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Notes the World Bank: workers without secondary education are unable to find formal jobs; this reality persists because corruption diverts investment away from…
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The uncomfortable truth is that Philippine corporate governance progress has been largely disclosure-driven rather than substance-integrated.
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The National Government’s outstanding debt edged lower to P18.47 trillion as of end-April, marking its first monthly decline this year and snapping a six-month…
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A Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) director has been placed under preventive suspension after he was arrested in an entrapment operation conducted by…
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Union Bank of the Philippines has secured board approval for the issuance of up to P30 billion in bonds under its existing peso bond program, paving the way…
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SM Investments Corp. said renewable energy accounted for 31 percent of the SM Group’s total electricity consumption in 2025, up from 27 percent in 2024, as the…
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As some lovesick souls would cry, “ walang (there’s no) forever.” Apparently, that now applies to boardroom seats, too.
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Global digital business services firm TP said its AI-powered debt collection platform achieved up to a 40 percent debt recovery rate while matching human-level…
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Term limits exist because independence has to be structural, not aspirational.
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