
Chinabank raises dividends alongside record 2025 profit
This Performance translates to a 15.6 percent return on equity and a 1.6 percent return on assets, both among the strongest in the local banking industry.
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This Performance translates to a 15.6 percent return on equity and a 1.6 percent return on assets, both among the strongest in the local banking industry.
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The peso’s current depreciation amid the effects of the ongoing Middle East conflict has not yet breached inflationary territory, according to Bangko Sentral…
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Shell will implement the highest rollback among oil companies, cutting gasoline prices by P6.50 per liter, kerosene by P11.50 per liter, and diesel by P23 per…
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‘If we remove the VAT on petroleum products, it will mainly benefit the oil market.’
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A projected diesel rollback of as much as P20.89 per liter and a gasoline cut of P4.43 per liter may greet motorists this week, Energy Secretary Sharon Garin…
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The Department of Finance (DoF) welcomes a Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) report pointing to a 5.1 percent decline in unemployment in February, from 5.8…
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If projections hold, gasoline prices — currently at P86 to P119 per liter — could ease to P84.50 to P119. Diesel, meanwhile, may fall more sharply - from P127…
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Monetary policy response to the oil price shock hinges on whether spillover effects materialize in domestic demand, where the BSP’s policy tools are most…
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For the first time since mid-March, the local bourse ended the trading week above the 6,000 level, while the peso closed just below P60, as investors traded…
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The adjustment comes amid concerns of a possible price shock driven by global energy tensions linked to the Middle East crisis; Meralco notes that current…
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Gross internal reserves dropped to $107.5 billion as of end-March, from February’s $112.7 billion record high. Still, the BSP said, ‘this level provides an…
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Trading activity was robust with all sectors finishing in positive territory even as the local currency made a strong rebound, sharply appreciating to P59.43…
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Fewer Filipinos were jobless in February 2026 compared to January, yet unemployment remained higher than a year ago as more people entered the labor force than…
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The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) closed Monday at 5,948.33, down 0.84 percent, as the market reopened from the Holy Week break to weaker sentiment…
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Barbora Fidlerova had her birth plan all laid out -- but last year her local maternity hospital closed, forcing her and her partner to race through wintry,…
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Secretary Fredderick Vida on Tuesday highlighted improvements in the performance of the Department of Justice (DoJ), citing higher case resolution rates,…
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The latest National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) has revealed a continuing decline in fertility among Filipino women, with the total fertility rate…
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The country’s fertility rate dropped to a record low of 1.7 children per woman in 2025, according to the latest National Demographic and Health Survey…
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