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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 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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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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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 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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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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The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) distributed certificates Wednesday to 20 farmers in Mexico, Pampanga, effectively condoning more than P1.6 million in…
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Empires are not built to fail. But sometimes they are built slightly faster than they can afford.
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External debt, meanwhile, jumped 4.81 percent to P5.95 trillion from P5.68 trillion, as the peso’s depreciation inflated the peso equivalent of foreign…
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A certain old-money holding firm has been found by Nosy Tarsee to be staring down a refinancing wall that could test even its most loyal bankers.
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Which well-known paper-and-stationery-to-agri conglomerate, long helmed by a late Tsinoy tycoon celebrated as a self-made success story and hybrid rice…
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College educational loans have mired many American students in deep debt after graduation.
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This conglomerate acts as a holding company and a collector of dividends in good times, but it is, at the moment, an insurer of last resort.
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Two patriarchs once stood shoulder to shoulder atop a major Philippine bank in the practical style of old Manila capitalism. One served as chairman, the other…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday resorted to a little theatrics in confronting rumors — walking and shuffling as if he were about to break into a…
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