REUTERSBy Alexandria Grace C. MagnoTHE Philippine Stock Exchange’s (PSE) proposal to adopt a one-share board lot and revise run-off and trading-at-last rules could broaden retail participation, though analysts warn the changes may also lead to fragmented liquidity, execution challenges and higher operating costs for brokers.“In
Commuters wait for public transportation along Ortigas Extension in Cainta, Rizal, Sept. 14, 2022. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ WALTER BOLLOZOSTHE PHILIPPINE government has wrapped up most of its 2025 regional minimum wage reviews, leading to a round of pay increases for workers across the country, the
Every new year arrives with noise. Fireworks, countdowns, slogans about fresh starts. As business leaders and managers, we are expected to sound upbeat, to rally people around new goals and bold plans. I understand why. Optimism sells. It motivates. It makes people feel lighter after
NNIC records over 50M passengers in 2025 - BusinessWorld Online REUTERSNEW NAIA Infra Corp. (NNIC) said it handled 52.02 million passengers in 2025, with holiday travel
There are individuals and teams that continue to create unwanted ideas that border on folly as if they’re testing management sincerity. Exactly how do we manage ideas without making them feel we are too harsh in declining their work? — Quiet Fox. First rule of the
CEBR: Philippines to be 24th largest economy by 2040 - BusinessWorld Online The Philippines is expected to become the 24th largest economy globally by 2040, according
BW FILE PHOTOPHILIPPINE STOCKS may start 2026 moving mostly sideways as trading activity is expected to remain thin due to the holidays and as the market awaits developments on the National Government’s budget for the year.On Dec. 29, the last trading day for 2025, the
THIS PHOTO taken by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) shows one of the two Chinese coast guard vessels shadowed by the BRP Cabra about 26 nautical miles (48.15 kilometers) east of Scarborough Shoal, Nov. 23, 2025. — PCGBy Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio, ReporterCHINA will impose
A TV screen in Taipei flashes a news report of China’s “Justice Mission 2025” military drills around Taiwan on Dec. 29, 2025. — REUTERS/TSAI HSIN-HANTHE Philippine Defense department on Wednesday said it was “deeply concerned” over China’s massive military drills off Taiwan, warning that they
HANDOUT COURTESY OF OFFICE OF SEN. GATCHALIANBy Adrian H. Halili, ReporterTHE country’s budget process remained “opaque” even as the government introduced several transparency reforms last year, analysts said, as the recently ratified 2026 national budget awaits President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s approval.“The general condition of
VARIOUS religious and civil society groups joined the second Trillion Peso March along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Quezon City, Nov. 30. — PHILIPPINE STAR/MIGUEL DE GUZMAN By Chloe Mari A. Hufana, ReporterPHILIPPINE anti-corruption efforts risk losing their deterrent effect unless investigations begin to
Marcos calls for discipline, unity - BusinessWorld Online VIBRANT fireworks lit up the night sky during the 2026 New Year revelry at the Quezon Memorial Circle