Stronger sales of life and memorial plans pushed the Philippine pre-need industry’s earnings to multi-year highs in 2025, reflecting firmer regulation and renewed public trust. Data from the Insurance Commission showed net income jumped 54.4%…
Philippines targets salt self-sufficiency after years of import…
The Philippines has opened its first dedicated salt research center in Pangasinan, marking a significant step in a long-running effort to curb the country’s heavy reliance on imported salt and revive a once-thriving local industry.…
Linda Walker: The girl who let the numbers…
In many Filipino households, the most decisive comeback is not an argument but a report card—the kind that makes titas fall silent at the dinner table. Linda Walker’s now-viral 719 exam score feels exactly like…
Global demand lifts Philippine ube exports to $3.06-M…
The Philippines’ search for high-value agricultural exports may have found an unlikely frontrunner in a vivid purple yam long associated with local desserts. Surging global demand for natural colorants and authentic Asian flavors pushed ube…
Cebu business group expands Japan links through East…
The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) deepened its push into East Asian markets after senior officers met with counterparts from Japan’s largest business groups to expand cross-border cooperation and investment flows. CCCI president…
Mazda makes history with Makabayan Cup sweep
Mazda didn’t just win the 2025 Petron Makabayan Cup season—it owned it. In a breakthrough campaign years in the making, the #55 Team MSCC Mazda Miata became the first brand to sweep all three legs…
Chiva-Som Hua Hin embraces traditional Thai medicine for…
Marking its next chapter with quiet confidence, Chiva-Som Hua Hin places traditional Thai medicine (TTM) at the center of its philosophy for 2026—a considered return to the cultural wisdom that has long defined its identity.…
The quiet hesitations that saved EDSA
Each February, the story of the EDSA People Power Revolution returns in images that feel almost liturgical: civilians kneeling before tanks, rosaries raised toward rifle barrels, soldiers accepting flowers from strangers. It is remembered, rightly,…
ICC opens Duterte pretrial hearing, stresses he is…
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) first public hearing on former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte opened on Monday, February 23, with a pointed reminder: this is not a trial—and the court has not found him guilty…
SEC tightens compliance rules for one-person corporations
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) tightened oversight of one-person corporations, raising audit thresholds, and formalizing a tiered penalty system for late and non-filing of financial statements in a bid to standardize enforcement under the…