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'Negative na': Small Manila businesses cut staff, take loans over steep garbage fees

One to two trash bags a day, P60,000 garbage bill: Manila businesses are crying foul over new garbage fees.

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'Cheapest' in the world? Immigration cites foreign fees in defending P240 border charge

By Renalyn Ramirez

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Power spot prices highest in 20 years

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Remolona named among world’s best central bankers

By Keisha Ta-Asan

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Banks’ bad loan ratio rises to 3.35% in July

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Philippines industrialization and hype vs reality of Pax Silica

Philippines industrialization and hype vs reality of Pax Silica

By Bienvenido Oplas Jr. | 18 hours ago

Last week, Sept. 2, the Philippine Semiconductor and Electronics Industry Roadmap (PSEIR) was launched and the Semiconductor...

SM Group recognized for stakeholder communications

SM Group recognized for stakeholder communications

By Richmond Mercurio | 18 hours ago

The Sy family’s SM Group has been recognized for communications programs spanning community engagement, customer service,...

Distorting the wage-setting process

Distorting the wage-setting process

By Marianne Go | 1 day ago

The recent decision of the Department of Labor and Employment to unilaterally raise the current daily minimum wage by P85,...

Over 100K unenergized homes targeted in microgrid auction

Over 100K unenergized homes targeted in microgrid auction

By Brix Lelis | 18 hours ago

Some 101,468 households in far-flung areas could finally gain access to reliable electricity through the Department of Energy...

IBPAP-led alliance courts global firms to locate in Philippines

IBPAP-led alliance courts global firms to locate in Philippines

By Louella Desiderio | 1 day ago

The Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines has teamed up with advisory firms, real...

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Stocks rise anew on sustained bargain hunting

Stocks rise anew on sustained bargain hunting

By Richmond Mercurio | 18 hours ago

The local stock market rose for the second straight day as investors continued to hunt for bargain stocks.

The real cost of a weak peso

The real cost of a weak peso

By Joe Zaldarriaga | 18 hours ago

In the recent days I have been keeping tab of movements in prices of goods and services, a quiet sense of worry has been building...

Pag-IBIG, SMDC team up for home financing program

Pag-IBIG, SMDC team up for home financing program

By Aubrey Rose Inosante | 18 hours ago

Pag-IBIG Fund has partnered with property developer SM Development Corp. (SMDC) to widen housing options available through...

‘Philippines to bear brunt of El Niño next year’

‘Philippines to bear brunt of El Niño next year’

By Adrian Kenneth Halili | 18 hours ago

The incoming El Niño could deal a sharper blow to the country’s rice supply and production once the weather disturbance...

NAIA landing new direct flights to China, Israel

NAIA landing new direct flights to China, Israel

By Elijah Felice Rosales | 18 hours ago

A wider international coverage is coming into the country’s main gateway through early-2027, as Chinese and Israeli...

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15 bank accounts of Sara, Mans match AMLC records

15 bank accounts of Sara, Mans match AMLC records

The House prosecution panel’s initial scrutiny of the bank accounts of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband Manases Carpio yielded positive results as 15 of them “matched” the details presented by the Anti-Money Laundering Council.

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Some senators want SC to decide on impeach vote threshold

Some senators want SC to decide on impeach vote threshold

Senators JV Ejercito and Raffy Tulfo want the Supreme Court to decide on the voting threshold to convict or acquit Vice President Sara Duterte amid a possible deadlock due to the continued absence of four senators.

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Mans Carpioâ��s bank records disclosure complaint junked

Mans Carpio’s bank records disclosure complaint junked

The Office of the City Prosecutor in Quezon City has recommended the dismissal of the complaint filed by Manases Carpio, the husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, over the alleged violation of bank secrecy laws by several House members and government officials.

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Amici curiae: Impeach court to tap legal experts on voting threshold

Amici curiae: Impeach court to tap legal experts on voting threshold

Constitutional experts will be tapped by the Senate impeachment court – as amici curiae or friends of the court – to resolve a possible deadlock over the number of votes required to convict or acquit Vice President Sara Duterte as four senators remain absent for various reasons.

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To all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12

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