Workers unload sacks of rice on Dagupan Street in Manila. — PHILIPPINE STAR/RYAN BALDEMORBy Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio, ReporterTHE PHILIPPINES will implement a one-month rice import window in January and reimpose a ban on imports from February to April, as the government seeks to support

PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCASTHE ECONOMY and Development (ED) Council has overhauled the review and approval process for government programs and infrastructure projects, such as raising the cost threshold and including public-private partnership (PPP) projects.In a statement, the Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEPDev) said the

President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. attends the Philippine Development Forum 2025 on Oct. 6. Also in photo are Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEPDev) Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan and World Bank Country Manager Zafer Mustafaoglu. — PHILIPPINE STAR/NOEL B PABALATEPRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.

THE CAVITE-LAGUNA EXPRESSWAY or CALAX is a 4-lane, 44.63-km closed-system tolled expressway connecting CAVITEX and the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX). — MPTC.COM.PHBy Ashley Erika O. Jose, ReporterMETRO PACIFIC Tollways Corp. (MPTC) is targeting to raise up to P20 billion through a bond issuance to fund

BW FILE PHOTOTHE GOVERNMENT made a full award of the Treasury bills (T-bills) it offered on Monday even as yields corrected higher amid broad market volatility due to overseas concerns and before the release of September inflation data and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP)

MORISSETTE AMONMORISSETTE AMON, known simply as Morissette, will return to the stage with her self-produced concert Ember at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, on Oct. 28.Fifteen years since she started her music career, Ms. Amon has cemented her reputation as a powerful voice of

SUBIC BAY International Terminals — ICTSI.COMINTERNATIONAL CONTAINER Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), through its subsidiaries, secured a 25-year extension of its concession agreements for the management and operation of New Container Terminals (NCT) 1 and 2 in Subic, Zambales, and will invest more than $130 million

US dollar bills are seen at a money exchange office. — REUTERSTHE PHILIPPINES wants to increase foreign participation in the domestic bond market to 10% by next year, with its possible inclusion in JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s emerging market index expected to provide a boost,

CINEMALAYA Shorts A group stills in a collage: (L-R first row: Ascension from the Office Cubicle, Hasang, Radikals; L-R second row: Please Keep This Copy, The Next 24 Hours)By Brontë H. Lacsamana, ReporterTHE short films in Cinemalaya this year, particularly in the Shorts A group,

MAYNILADWATER.COM.PHWEST ZONE water concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. has appointed five additional banks to its underwriting syndicate for its planned P45.8-billion initial public offering (IPO) scheduled next month.In its preliminary prospectus dated Oct. 3, Maynilad said BDO Capital & Investment Corp., First Metro Investment Corp.,

Present during the forum are, among others, (from left to right, in photo) Evangeline Orejola, treasurer of Northfield Lab; Robert Eugenio, Head of External Affairs at Unilab, Inc.; MariKhris Villanueva, director of Pascual Consumer; Zeny Esguerra, director of La Croesus; Marilou Buensuceso, director of EL

BW FILE PHOTOTHE PESO plunged to more than an eight-month low on Monday to track the broad decline of Asian currencies against the dollar due to Japan’s surprise pick for its next prime minister.The local unit closed at P58.35 versus the greenback, sliding by 47.5