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Sta. Mesa residents attend a job fair in Manila. — PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBANBy John Victor D. Ordoñez, ReporterTHE JOBLESS RATE eased to 4.7% in March, while the underemployment rate fell to its lowest level in 18 years, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Monday.Preliminary

FREEPIKBy Keisha B. Ta-asan, ReporterBANK LENDING steadied in March alongside a rise in domestic liquidity, despite aggressive rate hikes by the Philippine central bank.Data released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Monday showed outstanding loans by big banks rose by 10.1% to $10.762

INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) posted an 8.7% increase in first-quarter attributable net income to $154.61 million as revenues grew despite challenging times, it said on Monday.“These results have been driven by our diversified portfolio and continued focus on margins, and they have been

GLOBE Telecom, Inc. has sold 447 telecommunications towers to Unity Digital Infrastructure, Inc. from which the Ayala-led company expects P5.4 billion in proceeds.Globe President and Chief Executive Officer Ernest L. Cu said in a briefing on Monday that the sale and leaseback of the towers