Globe recently showcased its innovative, technology-driven disaster resilience strategies and its commitment to mitigating climate risks on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on ...

Apple’s smartphone shipments in China plunged 25% in the fourth quarter of 2024, data from research firm Canalys showed, as the iPhone maker faced mounting pressure from a resurgent Huawei in one of ...

The Biden administration added more than two dozen Chinese entities to a U.S. restricted trade list on Wednesday, including Zhipu AI, a developer of large language models, and Sophgo, a company whose ...

Negotiators reached a phased ceasefire deal on Wednesday in the war in Gaza between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Here is some reaction to the deal. U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN “I can announce a ...

Plastic bottles and empty beer cans roll on the sea floor in the waters around Phuket in southern Thailand, while ever more garbage piles up on the island itself, a tourist hotspot better known for ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to set up a new government agency to collect tariffs would duplicate an existing agency and was unlikely ...

MONEY SENT HOME by overseas Filipino workers (OFW) rose by an annual 3.3% in November amid the peso depreciation against the US dollar, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said.

THE PHILIPPINE banking system’s gross nonperforming loan (NPL) ratio eased in November, preliminary data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed. The industry’s gross NPL ratio slipped to 3.

CORRUPTION remained the top concern of business executives this year, according to a survey of members of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP). “We did a survey late last year, and we ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has signed into law a bill that aims to develop the country’s natural gas industry as the Philippines seeks to diversify its power mix and fast-track its transition ...

METRO Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC) plans to issue up to P50 billion in new shares through a private placement to raise funds for reducing its existing debt, according to its chairman. The company is ...

WEST ZONE water concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. is now talking to banks as it prepares for its planned initial public offering (IPO), according to its chairman. “They’re busy talking to ...