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FURTHER taxing online gambling could contribute at least P20 billion more in annual revenues, as the Marcos Jr.
FOLLOWING the widely praised “blockbuster” hearings of the 19th Congress, lawmakers on Thursday pledged to build on the momentum and deepen public trust in the House of Representatives as the 20th ...
THE House of Representatives on Thursday expressed support for the government’s plan to provide financial compensation to young victims of violent crimes, emphasizing the critical role of the state in ...
UNITS from the Armed Forces (AFP) and the US Indo-Pacific Command (USIndopacom) conducted their eighth bilateral maritime cooperative activity (MCA) on Wednesday. The training activity took place at ...
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said financial inclusion must go beyond simply increasing account ownership, after the reported slight decline in account penetration in the 2024 World Bank ...
THE Philippines is looking to access up to $10 million grant to bolster the country’s climate finance readiness  A statement issued by the Department of Finance (DOF) last Wednesday read the agency ...
THE Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) announced it generated P8.25 billion from its latest dual-tenor local bond offering to cover general corporate requirements and expand support to priority ...
UK officials are optimistic that the Trump administration will soon agree to modify the domestic-production requirements that are holding up a trade agreement to lower US tariffs on British steel. The ...
President Donald Trump said he’s not planning to fire Jerome Powell, and still managed to make it sound like a threat. Trump’s comments capped a hectic few hours that took his pressure campaign ...
Ayala Land Inc. has increased its budget for the renovation of its shopping malls nationwide to P17.5 billion. Ayala Malls reported that renovations at Glorietta and Greenbelt in Makati, Trinoma in ...
Philippine Seven Corp. (PSC), the exclusive licensor of 7-Eleven in the Philippines, has appointed Jose Victor Paterno as the new chairman of the PSC board. Paterno succeeds Jose T. Pardo who will ...
Globe Telecom Inc. has begun shifting more than 3,000 cell sites and low-energy facilities in Metro Manila and Region 4-A to renewable energy (RE). Yoly Crisanto, Globe’s Chief Sustainability and ...