PHILIPPINE INFLATION likely eased for a second straight month to a three-month low in June as lower oil and rice prices ...

The Philippines’ manufacturing value added dropped to 15.7% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024, one of the lowest in the East Asia & Pacific region, according to the World Bank data. It trailed ...

At the 2026 Economic Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Briefing held at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), one message resonated strongly: The Philippines is overtaxed, yet underserved. The phrase, ...

Filipino consumers are becoming more deliberate, more cautious, and more emotionally driven in how they spend-signaling a shift that brands can no longer ignore. These were among the key insights ...

THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a memorandum imposing recalibrated ceilings on interest rates and fees charged by financing and lending companies on small consumer loans.

By Subramanyam Sreenivasaiah DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION in the Philippines has already moved from adoption to optimization. Yet, beneath this progress, shadow AI or the use of unauthorized tools to manage ...

FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS in the Philippines are falling behind their counterparts in some Southeast Asian countries in reading, writing and mathematics, with a significant percentage of students still ...

The Philippine jobless rate rose to 4.7% in April from a year earlier, while underemployment climbed to a nearly three-year high of 15.2%, signaling continued weakness in the labor market. Data from ...

Agentic AI is now 10x faster and a fraction of the cost of human labor. A billing model built around hours of human time is no longer just inefficient — it is structurally incompatible with the ...

In our earlier article, “Removal of the 5-Year Validity of Receipts and Invoices,” I explained that the Philippine tax system is mostly driven by supporting documents and that the deductibility of ...

THE human rights situation in the Philippines remains defined by a deeply entrenched culture of impunity and the continued occurrence of unlawful killings under the administration of President ...