THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) conducts clearing operations in Manila. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ RYAN BALDEMORPhilippine economic growth seen to pick in the second semester, amid an expected rebound in government

A picture illustration shows a $100 banknote laying on $1 banknotes. — REUTERSTHE PHILIPPINES’ balance of payments (BoP) position swung to a $167-million deficit in July as the government paid off external debt,

Semiconductor chips are pictured at chip packaging firm in Ipoh, Malaysia, Oct. 15, 2021. — REUTERS/LIM HUEY TENGBy Aubrey Rose A. Inosante and Justine Irish D. Tabile, ReportersUS PRESIDENT Donald J. Trump’s proposal

A person walks along the sidewalk along Taft Avenue in Manila. — PHILIPPINE STAR/JOHN RYAN BALDEMORBy Beatriz Marie D. Cruz, ReporterMANILA continued its downward slide in the latest global index of “smart cities”

PHILIPPINE STAR/KJ ROSALESTRADING at the stock market is automatically canceled if Metro Manila is placed under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 3 or higher, according to new rules issued by the Philippine

HOTEL101-SIHANOUKVILLE — HOTEL101 GLOBAL PTE. LTD.HOTEL101 GLOBAL Pte. Ltd., the Singapore-based unit of DoubleDragon Corp. (DD), is building two hotel projects in Cambodia that are slated for completion by 2028.Hotel101 entered into

PHILIPPINE STAR/BOY SANTOSMEDIA company ABS-CBN Corp. said it has signed the deeds of absolute sale (DoAS) covering part of its Quezon City property with property developer Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI), formalizing a P6.24-billion

PHILIPPINE STAR/KRIZ JOHN ROSALESLOCAL BROKERAGE Unicapital Securities, Inc. has lowered its year-end forecast for the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) to 7,100 from 7,800, citing slower corporate earnings growth.“We forecast the PSEi to