
EastWest posts 21 percent profit growth in 2025
East West Banking Corporation (EastWest) delivered a strong 2025 performance, reporting a 21 percent increase in net income to P9.2 billion, according to a…
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East West Banking Corporation (EastWest) delivered a strong 2025 performance, reporting a 21 percent increase in net income to P9.2 billion, according to a…
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Driven by stronger commercial property revenues and disciplined cost management, Sy-led property developer SM Prime Holdings Inc. (SM Prime) saw its net income…
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PIDS defines the middle class as having a monthly income threshold ranging from about P21,000 to P131,000.
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Citing data that more than half of the population remains vulnerable to poverty, 4Ps Partylist Representative JC Abalos called Wednesday for the urgent passage…
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The danger is not working harder. The risk is not having multiple income streams.
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The Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday said it has found prima facie evidence with a “reasonable certainty of conviction” to file tax evasion charges…
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The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) capped 2025 with a net income of P66.62 billion, up 7.4 percent from the previous year, supported by strong revenue…
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The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) expects broader electricity access for low-income households after approving a unified national lifeline subsidy system.
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Tiu Laurel stressed that the problem is not a lack of government effort, but how resources are deployed.
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As the holiday spirit filled the air, One Meralco Foundation (OMF), the corporate social responsibility arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), carried on…
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DHSUD’s proposed study aims to place economic housing projects under a more transparent, rules-based, and predictable tax incentive framework.
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The goal of elevating the Philippines to upper-middle-income status remains in sight for 2026, according to Department of Finance Secretary Frederick Go.
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Clasped hands. Not in prayer. But in the ritual of humiliation. Of being worth something only if you are on your knees, doing anything you can to survive.…
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Ellizer Manza, who tends his family’s two-hectare plot in Lopez, Quezon province, has seen no improvement since Washington scrapped the 19 percent levy on…
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The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) on Sunday said low-income beneficiaries of the Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino…
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Low-income households under the Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program are set to receive water bill discounts following an agreement…
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Diversified conglomerate PHINMA Corp. is investing P250 million in its community housing segment, PHINMA Community Housing (CoHo), to develop its first project…
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Just as the living make money from the dead — by selling funeral services and burial plots — those who passed away earn from the undead.
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