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FUEL companies are rolling back pump prices, bringing some diesel prices back below the P100-per-liter mark starting today. Prices of gasoline have also been reduced.

BUSINESS

Diesel rollback looms, but gasoline-using motorists face another sting

Maria Bernadette Romero

2 hours ago

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Industry sources say gasoline prices, driven by sustained uncertainty in international trading, may increase by P1.00 to P4.00 per liter. Diesel prices, meanwhile, may reverse course following this we ...

BUSINESS

Market, peso, slump amid renewed tensions

Toby Magsaysay

3 hours ago

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BUSINESS

Empire in paralysis

3 hours ago

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BUSINESS

Reserves fall amid peso weakness

Toby Magsaysay

3 hours ago

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OWNED by the government of Dubai's Investment Corporation of Dubai, Emirates is the world's largest long-haul airline as well as the largest airline in the Middle East, operating over 3,600 flights weekly from its hub at Terminal 3 of Dubai International Airport. It operates in more than 150 cities in 80 countries — including the Philippines — across six continents on its fleet of over 250 aircraft.

BUSINESS

Emirates restores 96% global network

Mico Virata

1 hour ago

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DEPARTMENT of Planning and Economic Development Arsenio Balisacan says while momentum has slowed, he maintains that ‘we are also doing many structural reforms intended to address issues like infrastructure, connectivity, ease of doing business, public-private partnership. All these many new laws passed and being implemented are aimed at raising productivity growth.’

BUSINESS

Economy avoids stagflation — for now: DEPDev

Toby Magsaysay

2 hours ago

2 min read

THE Philippine GDP slowed 2.8 percent in Q1 2026, the lowest since early 2021; the performance, down from 3 percent in Q4 2025 and significantly below previous years, missed government targets due to inflation (7.2 percent), crisis in the MidEast driving up fuel prices, graft scandal dampening sentiment and delayed public spending.

Phl’s Q1 GDP growth weakest since pandemic

Mico Virata

3 hours ago

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Capital goes where it’s welcome — our neighbors

Rogelio V. Quevedo

4 hours ago

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Celebrating mom in style at Balustre Filipino Restaurant

Eliana Lacap

5 hours ago

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Mober launches green delivery services in Cebu

Rico Osmeña

02 Aug 2024

1 min read

At a recent Kalaro executive committee meeting are (from left) Jun Lasco, founder and CEO; Walter Bucher, independent director; David Nithyananthan, co-founder; Renalyn David, board director; and Genesis Bautista, director for Marketing.

Mobile super app mixes work, play

Chito Lozada

02 Aug 2024

3 min read

Global IT provider raises presence

Maria Bernadette Romero

02 Aug 2024

1 min read

Signing of the deal for Philcom's presence in VITRO Clark and Sta. Rosa Data Centers are (from left, front-to-back) Victor Genuino, ePLDT and VITRO Inc.’s president and CEO; Albert Mitchell Locsin, PLDT and Smart’s FVP and head of Enterprise and Int’l Core Business; Gary Ignacio, VITRO Inc.’s chief commercial officer (right, front-to-back) Edmund Pike, Philcom’s president and CEO; Jocelyn Ordoñez, Philcom’s head of Finance and Joseph Bautista, Philcom’s IT head.

VITRO, Philcom tie-up expands data hub reach

02 Aug 2024

1 min read

Phl improving fishing fleet safety standard

06 May 2026

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CREW members wearing hazmat suites leave the port on an ambulance boat towards the cruise ship MV Hondius, while stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on 6 May 2026.

Passenger of hantavirus-hit cruise ship being treated

Agence France-Presse

06 May 2026

3 min read

Ocean deep; responsibility deeper

Eunice Samonte

06 May 2026

3 min read

This Ocean Month, let us celebrate the abundant marine life and resources the Philippines has been blessed with, but let us also rethink our relationship with the sea.