STATE SPENDING on infrastructure rose by 23.1% in the first two months of 2025, as the government ramped up disbursements for public works projects ahead of the election ban, the Department of Budget ...

THE Philippines expects to close a favorable deal with the United States, the presidential palace said on Monday, as key officials travel to Washington on April 29 to negotiate the 17% reciprocal ...

THE PHILIPPINES is more likely to achieve upper middle-income status by 2027, a year later than the government’s target, given the current growth prospects, the World Bank said.

BOTH local and foreign award-winning films are coming to cinemas this summer thanks to two festivals hosted by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP): the first-ever I Animate: ...

ABOITIZ INFRACAPITAL, Inc. said it will upgrade Laguindingan International Airport to increase passenger capacity after officially taking over the airport on April 26. “We are embarking on a two-phase ...

BusinessWorld caught Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail, the opening film for the I Animate: Animation Film Festival, which is also one of the films in the upcoming A Curation of World Cinema festival, ...

For the past two decades, the Philippine economy has rested on two key pillars of foreign exchange earnings, helping to sustain its reserve position and stabilize the peso. These twin pillars — ...

THE GOVERNMENT made a full award of the Treasury bills (T-bills) it offered on Monday at mostly steady rates amid strong demand for short-term debt. The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) raised P25 billion ...

REAL ESTATE developer PHINMA Property Holdings Corp. (PHINMA Properties) recently broke ground for its Maayo Terraces mid-rise residential condominium in Bacolod City. The new project is located along ...

BANK of the Philippine Islands (BPI) is looking to raise at least P5 billion from an offering of fixed-rate sustainability bonds in May. The listed bank plans to offer and issue P5 billion in 1.5-year ...