THE PHILIPPINES’ agricultural output contracted by a record 2.2% in 2024, as farm production continued to decline in the fourth quarter.

MAHARLIKA Investment Corp. (MIC) is interested in acquiring State Grid Corp. of China’s (SGCC) stake in the sole operator of the Philippines’ power grid.

Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower), and San Miguel Corp. (SMC) have finalized their $3.3-billion deal to build an integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Batangas. In separate announcements ...

THE SENATE on Tuesday approved on second reading a bill that seeks to extend Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco) franchise for another 25 years. Under House Bill No. 10926, Meralco will be allowed to ...

IT WAS a revelation of cultural and historical significance that no one at the Vienna City Library had been aware of for over a century. Jose Rizal’s letter in 1887 to Johannes Nordmann, an Austrian ...

THE GOVERNMENT made a full award of its dual-tranche Treasury bond (T-bond) offer on Tuesday as both tenors’ rates were below secondary market levels amid strong market interest, a decline in US ...

If we accept the truth that human sexuality, marriage, and family cannot be analyzed in purely materialistic, hedonistic, or consumerist terms, then sexuality education itself must be an education in ...

The potential for maritime cooperation is as vast as the ocean itself — from defense cooperation to economic cooperation. The Philippines and France, as two “Blue Nations,” share similarities and ...

The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum and home to Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, has requested urgent help from the French government to restore and renovate its ageing exhibition halls and ...

LISTED Vivant Corp. said on Tuesday that the unit of its energy-related holding company Vivant Energy Corp. (VEC) has completed the transaction to divest from solar power provider Buskowitz Energy, ...

THE House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on third reading a bill that will replace the current charter of state-run Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) to raise its authorized capital ...

THE GOVERNMENT Service Insurance System (GSIS) has received a $272-million (about P15.8-billion) payout from a private equity fund following the sale of its stake in a data center operator. “As of Dec ...