Seda Hotels — AYALALAND.COMAYALA LAND HOSPITALITY (ALH) said it plans to invest $500 million (around P28.63 billion) over the next five years to double its hotel room capacity to 8,000 by 2030, according to its chief executive officer (CEO).   “We will nearly double the size

1 of 3A CEDULA (tax certificate) from the Philippine revolution of 1896, a 1766 Barilla coin minted in Manila, a four-real Mexican coin from the 19th century, and an eight-real coin from the short-lived Iturbide Empire brought excitement to The Westin Manila during Minted MNL’s

Converge tops Ookla’s 2024 fixed network speed rankings in PHL - BusinessWorld Online                                    CONVERGE ICTLISTED fiber internet provider Converge ICT Solutions, Inc. was recognized by Ookla,

By Brontë H. Lacsamana, ReporterTheater ReviewKisapmataPresented by Tanghalang PilipinoIN 1981, one of the best Filipino films ever made captured people’s imaginations. Kisapmata, directed by Mike de Leon and co-written with Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr. and Raquel Villavicencio, disturbed audiences with its twisted premise of a

THE GOVERNMENT made a full award of the reissued Treasury bonds (T-bonds) it offered on Tuesday as the papers attracted strong demand amid better risk sentiment and after Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli M. Remolona, Jr. signaled a possible rate cut next month.The

JUDE BALLADO-PEXELS(Part 2)It is well known that a major obstacle to faster growth and, more importantly, a more equitable distribution of income wealth in the Philippines is the concentration of economic activities in the National Capital Region, which accounts for 40% of GDP. One reason

BW FILE PHOTOTHE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) is looking to release regulations on financial institutions’ ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) by this semester.“Since we are adopting the risk-based approach to supervision, most of the risks associated with AI — I think 80-90% —

DITO joins GSMA Open Gateway for digital security, innovation - BusinessWorld Online                                    BW FILE PHOTODITO Telecommunity Corp., through its enterprise arm DITO Business, has joined the

1 of 8Binangonan’s church now a National Cultural TreasureTHE National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) has officially declared the 225-year-old Santa Ursula Church in Binangonan, Rizal, a National Cultural Treasure. Founded in 1612, this historic Baroque-style church has retained its original altarpiece, paintings,

FREEPIKCandidates should no longer underestimate the Filipino voter. They must go beyond the usual motherhood statements and focus on issues that strike deep at the core of being Filipino — specifically, the protection of our own sphere against the maneuvering of another country, one that

FREEPIKMOBILE WALLETS and other electronic payment methods are expected to account for a larger share of e-commerce transactions in the Philippines by 2028 as more Filipinos shift to digital methods for convenience, the International Data Corp. (IDC) said.An IDC InfoBrief commissioned by global payments platform

BLOOMBERRY.PHBLOOMBERRY Resorts Corp. is advancing land acquisition for its planned third Solaire-branded integrated resort in Paniman, Ternate, Cavite.Bloomberry Resorts Corp., through its subsidiary Solaire Properties Corp. (SPC), had acquired 223 lots covering a total of 2.04 million square meters (sq.m.) as of Dec. 31, according