
AI boom lifts ASEAN+3 growth outlook
Strong demand for artificial intelligence (AI)-related products and resilient domestic spending have prompted economists to raise the 2026 growth outlook for…
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Strong demand for artificial intelligence (AI)-related products and resilient domestic spending have prompted economists to raise the 2026 growth outlook for…
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Gross domestic product (GDP) growth likely slowed further to 1.9 percent in the second quarter of 2026 as persistently weak public infrastructure spending,…
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Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) kept its earnings steady in the first half of 2026, supported by sustained loan expansion, stable margins and…
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Philippine economic growth could drop to as low as 1.4 percent in the second quarter as the Middle East conflict continues to weigh on the domestic economy,…
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Philippine economic growth could slow to as low as 1.42 percent in the second quarter as the Gulf conflict continues to weigh on the domestic economy,…
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Driving home from work the other day, I was feeling a little down. Blame it on life and how it had been treating me — it didn’t help that the skies looked…
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Philippine National Bank (PNB) reported a 17 percent increase in net income for the first half of 2026 to P14.6 billion, up from P12.5 billion a year earlier,…
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BAGUIO CITY — Inflation in Baguio City and the broader Cordillera Administrative Region eased in June, driven primarily by falling petroleum prices, according…
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TABUK CITY, Kalinga — The National Irrigation Administration-Kalinga Irrigation Management Office (NIA-KIMO) has advised farmers served by the Upper Chico…
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NEW DELHI (AFP) — India has sent spacecraft to Mars and the Moon, put hundreds of satellites into orbit and will in the coming days launch its first privately…
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Persistently high fuel prices are putting increasing financial pressure on construction firms, with one contractor saying it continues to absorb the additional…
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Resilience, however, shouldn’t be a substitute for good governance. We shouldn’t have to overcome self-inflicted wounds every single time.
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The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) reported a net income of P32.8 billion in the first half of 2026, nearly unchanged from the P33 billion earned over…
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PARIS, France (AFP) — Generative AI chatbots capable of writing emails and computer code, translating, organizing a trip or coming up with gift ideas are now…
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Despite remaining headwinds, PSE president and CEO Ramon S. Monzon remains bullish on the PSE’s performance in the second half of the year. ‘Our projected…
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Maybank has raised its growth forecasts for the Philippines, citing stronger public spending, resilient remittance inflows and services exports that are…
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A certain occupant of the Palace by the Pasig River couldn’t wait to crow about a shiny new label from Washington: upper middle-income country, they called it,…
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Having spent much of her life in the public eye, the actress and beauty queen reflected on how age and experience have reshaped her perspective.
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