THE SLICK online catalogue entry for “Premium Lot 1, The Piprahwa Gems of the Historical Buddha” on the Sotheby’s Hong Kong website was abruptly replaced on May 7 with a single line notification: “The ...

Call it serendipity or Divine Providence. During the week of May 5 to 11, I accompanied a group of top Philippine business people to take a short upskilling course at one of the top business schools ...

We perfectly appreciate the rationale for President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.’s call for his Cabinet secretaries and other officials to hand in their courtesy resignations after the midterm ...

Well, the digital healthcare arm of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), launched on May 23 Wellness@Work, a suite ...

THE national rice inventory rose 1.3% month on month to 2.37 million metric tons (MMT) as of June 1, as the government built up its grain holdings. Year on year, inventory rose 14.2%. As of June 1, 49 ...

POWER prices on the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) fell in May as supply growth outpaced that of demand, the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) said.  IEMOP ...

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Tuesday it will supply the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) with 490,000 sacks of rice for its feeding program and relief operations. The ...

GROWTH in wholesale prices accelerated to a 16-month high of 4% in April, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said in a report. Citing preliminary data, the PSA said the general wholesale price ...

THE ECONOMY is likely to fail to hit even the lower end of the government’s 6-8% target this year, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said. In its Economic Outlook, the ...

THE PHILIPPINES is looking to access an initial $100 million for the first tranche of the Geothermal Resource De-Risking Facility managed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Department of Energy ...