House price growth accelerated last month to the highest level in almost six years but market activity is at risk of slowing sharply. Annual prices rose 6.5 per cent in…

A CAMPAIGN to raise the investment threshold beyond P1 billion before a project can go before the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) would weaken tax reform by removing many investments…

PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCAS SOUTHEAST ASIA could lose up to $322.2 billion in economic output next year due to the continuing fallout from the pandemic, with the Philippines among the leading…

POWER generating capacity from coal-fired plants is expected to rise 135% after all plants currently being built become operational, after a moratorium on new builds was declared last month, Clean…

OVER 2,000 telecommunication tower applications have been approved and processed by local government units (LGUs), with little more than 700 remaining to be processed, Interior Secretary Eduardo M. Año said…

FINANCE Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III briefed Japanese businesses on the government’s plan to engineer a sharp economic rebound next year as part of a pitch for more investment. “Next…

THE Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said it estimated port traffic to have declined at between 6% and 10% over the course of the pandemic, though it expects an uptick for…

LINDSAY FOX/PIXABAY THE GOVERNMENT has ordered manufacturers, importers and sellers of vapor and heated tobacco products to print graphic health warnings on their packaging within 18 months,  according to the…

Into the “next normal,” the usual way of doing things cannot suffice. Our attitudes, the way we behave, and how we put things into perspective matter. For one, the pandemic…

I guess you could say that the kind of people and nation we become is largely determined by the kind of people we admire. Because of the power of the…