The country’s main aviation gateway opened 2026 with a milestone, as the Ninoy Aquino International Airport recorded its busiest month on record, underscoring the sustained rebound of air travel and the early impact of operational reforms under private management. Private operator New NAIA Infra Corp. said a total of 4.96 million passengers passed through NAIA…
Philippine property developers are quietly rewriting their long-term strategies, trading sheer scale for flexibility as they prepare for what many see as a fundamentally different real estate cycle ahead. According to consultancy firm PRIME Philippines, 2025 marked a turning point when major players began shedding idle and non-core assets to free up capital, reduce leverage,…
GCash’s lending unit is scaling up its ambition to bring formal credit deeper into the country’s small-business sector after securing a ₱1.75-billion loan facility from the Asian Development Bank, a deal that positions digital finance as a frontline tool for inclusive growth. The facility, equivalent to about $30 million, was sealed through Fuse Financing Inc.,…
After months of punishing prices, relief may finally be in sight for Filipino households as galunggong, long regarded as the country’s most accessible fish, is expected to become significantly cheaper starting March. Fish traders say the anticipated price drop will be driven by the return of local commercial fishing operations following the end of the…
The average yield on the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) 28-day securities eased on Friday, reflecting sustained investor appetite even as the central bank increased the size of its weekly auction. Data released by the BSP showed the average rate on the short-term debt paper fell to 4.6382 percent, down from 4.6981…
Subhashini Chandran, Mastercard Senior Vice President for the Center for Inclusive Growth; Suhail Khan, Director for Private Sector Financial Institutions at the Asian Development Bank; and Tony Isidro, president and chief executive officer of Fuse Financing Inc. (left to right), speak with journalists following the launch of their institutions’ partnership to expand financing for micro,…
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation has expanded its healthcare support program by turning over patient transport vehicles to five local government units and a national health institution, strengthening emergency response and frontline medical services in several communities. The beneficiaries of the latest donation include the City of Imus in Cavite, the Province of Bataan,…
The promise of artificial intelligence has always been speed—turning hours of work into minutes. Yet for many professionals, that promise has repeatedly broken down at the visual stage, where AI-generated content arrives generic, off-brand, and in need of time-consuming cleanup. Canva is now moving to close that gap by bringing brand intelligence directly into AI…
For all the attention surrounding Alex Eala at the start of 2026, the most important change in her game has arrived without much noise. It is not a dramatic reinvention, nor a sudden spike in highlight-reel winners. Instead, it is a subtle but meaningful shift in intent, most evident in the first shot she controls…
Alex Eala of the Philippines and Indonesia’s Janice Tjen saw their breakthrough doubles campaign at the WTA 500 Abu Dhabi Open come to an end on Friday after bowing to the experienced pairing of Slovakia’s Tereza Mihalikova and Great Britain’s Olivia Nicholls, 6-4, 6-2, in the semifinals at the Zayed Sports City International Tennis Centre….