Shirts celebrating the new year are for sale at a stall in Divisoria market, Manila, Dec. 27, 2024. — PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBANBy Luisa Maria Jacinta C. Jocson, Reporter THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY will continue to accelerate from this year to 2026 as domestic demand remains robust,

Construction of the Metro Manila Subway Project is ongoing along Mindanao Avenue, Quezon City, Jan. 12, 2025. — PHILIPPINE STAR /MIGUEL DE GUZMANGOVERNMENT SPENDING is likely to slow in the first half of 2025 due to the election ban on public works and congressional insertions

A “Make America Great Again” hat is seen on display on the trading floor at The New York Stock Exchange. — REUTERSBy Luisa Maria Jacinta C. Jocson and Aubrey Rose A. Inosante, Reporters THE SECOND TERM of US President-elect Donald J. Trump could add more

PHILSTAR FILE PHOTOTHE COUNTRY’S external debt service burden jumped by almost 20% as of end-October, preliminary data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed.Debt servicing on external borrowings climbed by 19.8% to $14.475 billion in the January-October period from $12.078 billion in the same

FACEBOOK.COM/USEMBASSYPH/By Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, ReporterTHE Philippines will remain a key partner of the United States under President-elect Donald J. Trump, who is likely to tap Indo-Pacific allies as Washington thwarts China’s challenge to its international standing, analysts said. Mr. Trump returns to the White

MAYNILADWATER.COMWEST ZONE water concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. said its capital expenditure (capex) budget for 2025 could be P30 billion or higher as the company sees a better financial year.“For this year, we’re looking at anywhere between P30 billion and above P30 billion (in capex),”

BW FILE PHOTORATES of the Treasury bills (T-bills) and Treasury bonds (T-bonds) to be auctioned off this week may be mixed after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) chief said they have room to further ease their policy stance.The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) will

PHOTO BY KAP MACEDA AGUILASO HERE we are, midway through the decade of the 2020s. It started turbulently with a pandemic, recovered in 2022 and 2023, and is now back to business as usual.Almost, that is. Geo-political events like the Ukraine-Russia war, the conflict in

SEMIRARAMINING.COMSEMIRARA Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) expects its capital expenditure (capex) budget for this year to reach P6.9 billion, with a significant portion going to its coal business.Around P5.8 billion is allocated to the coal segment for “refleeting initiatives and additional acquisition of mining and

THE BUREAU of the Treasury (BTr) is readying an issuance of offshore bonds but will wait for more favorable market conditions amid elevated US benchmark yields.National Treasurer Sharon P. Almanza told reporters last week that while an offshore issuance within the first half is “still

PHOTO FROM VOLVO PHILIPPINESTHE VOLVO EX30 battery electric vehicle scored a maximum five-star rating in the latest round of safety testing conducted by the European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP), a leading independent car safety assessment program in Europe that helps customers make informed

ORIGINAL PHOTO BY JESUS MONROY LAZCANO-UNSPLASH On Nov. 25, BusinessWorld published an article entitled, “Economic effects of corruption” written by Benjamin R. Punongbayan, a member of the Board of Governors of the Management Association of the Philippines.He concluded his article thus:“I purposely confined myself to