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June inflation likely eased for second month in a row — poll

PHILIPPINE INFLATION likely eased for a second straight month to a three-month low in June as lower oil and rice prices ...
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MPTC invests P193M to maintain 44.9% stake in Vietnam toll road affiliate

METRO PACIFIC Tollways Corp. (MPTC) said it subscribed to 8.67 million newly issued shares of CII Bridges and Roads Investment JSC (CII B&R) for about P193 million to maintain its effective 44.9% ...
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Hospitality turns to domestic MICE as foreign travel slows

THE HOSPITALITY sector is increasingly relying on domestic meetings, incentives, conventions, and exhibitions (MICE) demand as geopolitical tensions and the global energy crisis continue to weigh on ...
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PHL’s much-reduced GOCC lineup still enmeshed in strategic sectors — OECD

THE PHILIPPINES has seen a sharp decline in the number of its state-owned enterprises (SOEs) over the past decade, though remaining government firms continue to control strategic areas of the economy, ...
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Award-winning media executive Jason Domantay returns to the classroom through Ateneo Blue Nest Digital Marketing Accelerator Program

The Ateneo Intellectual Property Office (AIPO), through its Blue Nest Program, is bringing back former ABS-CBN television director and digital marketing strategist Jason Domantay to lead its newest ...
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BPO Philippines: Hourly billing in the era of agentic AI is dead. Here’s what replaces it

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 ...
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PLDT profit slips 1.77% to P8.87 billion as rising costs offset revenue growth

PLDT, INC. posted a 1.77% decline in first-quarter attributable net income to P8.87 billion from a year earlier, as higher expenses outweighed modest revenue growth. Revenue rose 2.23% to P56.51 ...
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Oil shocks, uncertainty muddy Philippine inflation forecasts, analysts say

ANALYSTS and economic managers are now finding it harder to precisely measure data in their inflation forecasts as rising uncertainty and the faster-than-usual transmission of oil price shocks ...
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Unpacking the power bills

The economic turmoil brought about by the ongoing crisis in the Middle East has led to heightened attention to the energy situation of the country. To be sure, our energy security had been precarious ...
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Cebu Landmasters, Inc. to hold Annual Stockholders Meeting on June 5 via hybrid format

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PSA: 2.58 million Filipinos jobless in March

THE Philippine unemployment rate in March rose to 5%, as the number of jobless Filipinos jumped to 2.58 million amid the oil crisis, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. Preliminary results ...
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PHL may turn to other countries’ nuclear waste disposal methods

THE Philippines may look to international models for nuclear waste disposal, including geologic burial or sealed cement caskets, experts said as lawmakers tackled the four conventions for nuclear ...