PEZA chief optimistic of hitting P300-B 2025 approvals goal

PHILIPPINE Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Director General Tereso Panga has expressed optimism about hitting the agency’s P300-billion investments approval target for 2025. After the Board’s...
The Energy Regulatory Commission says households can expect to pay more for electricity starting in November 2025 following a higher feed-in tariff allowance rate. PHOTO COURTESY OF ABS-CBN NEWS

ERC raises WESM secondary price

THE ENERGY Regulatory Commission (ERC) announced yesterday, December 17, it has increased the secondary price cap (SPC), a mechanism imposed to curb sustained high...

Casino Plus Spreads Holiday Cheer with Angpao Rain & Christmas Lucky Draw

December 16, 2025 — This Christmas, Casino Plus is giving back to the community with festive surprises and exciting holiday activities. Under its Christmas...

Pag-IBIG Fund rewards members in year-end raffle draws with prizes of up to P500,000

Pag-IBIG Fund held the year-end grand draws of its One-Plus-One Raffle Promo and Multi-Purpose Loan (MPL) Loan-to-Win Raffle Promo on Dec. 16 in Makati...
Meralco PowerGen Corporation, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Municipality of Leon, and Bucari Eco-Planters Association officials commit to restore and preserve Bucari. Seen on the photo (from left) are MGEN Thermal Panay Site Head Antonio J. Cabalhug Jr.; MGEN Thermal Chief Operating Officer Arnel L. Santos; MGEN Thermal President and CEO Felino M. Bernardo; DENR Region 6 Director Raul Lorilla; BEPA President Francisco Calicaran, Jr.; Municipality of Leon Administrator Atty. Glenn Cababa-an.

MGEN leads landmark Bucari Reforestation and Carbon Sink Project in Panay

MERALCO PowerGen Corporation (MGEN), through its thermal subsidiary Panay Energy Development Corporation (PEDC), in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)...
Guimaras’ -2.7 percent inflation registered in November 2025 is the deepest negative inflation rates in Western Visayas, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. PSA PHOTO

Low-income household inflation in Guimaras eases to -2.7% in November

GUIMARAS – The inflation rate for the bottom 30 percent income households in this island province eased further to -2.7 percent in November this...
Digital banks mainly leverage mobile technology and artificial intelligence to serve unbanked Filipinos with largely untested credit profiles. PHOTO COURTESY OF KEENETHICS.COM

Philippines lags behind SEA peers in digital government readiness

The Philippines continues to trail several of its Southeast Asian peers in digital government readiness, reflecting uneven progress in the country’s push to modernize...

PalawanPay’s Latest Feature: The Virtual Visa Card

Staying true to the Palawan Group of Companies’ mission of advancing financial inclusion, PalawanPay — the company’s fast-growing e-wallet — unveils the PalawanPay Virtual...
The Bureau of Customs, through its Intellectual Property Rights Division, seized counterfeit wearing apparel valued at around P482 million in October 2025. The items bore the trademarks of multiple global and local brands. BOC PHOTO

Counterfeit haul hits P29.2B in January-November

Government agencies confiscated a total of P29.2 billion in counterfeit products from January to November this year, according to the latest data from the...
Oil prices have been on a downtrend in the last two weeks and there is a big chance this will continue vis-a vis the projection of oversupply in the first quarter of 2026, according to an official of the Department of Energy. PNA FILE PHOTO BY JOAN BONDOC

Gasoline pump prices up anew; diesel and kerosene down

Motorists will have to pay more for gasoline products anew this week, as retailers on Monday, December 15, announced mixed movements for pump prices,...