A worker puts finishing touches on a Philippine flag in Manila. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ KRIZ JOHN ROSALESBy Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, ReporterTHE PHILIPPINES’ economic freedom ranking dropped three places, amid lower scores for regulation and trade freedom in a global report measuring 2020 data.The Philippines

DAR.GOV.PHPRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has signed an order imposing a one-year moratorium on payments of amortization and interest on loans of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs), according to the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).In a DAR statement, Mr. Marcos was quoted as saying the executive

Construction workers are seen at a railway project in Bulacan, June 14, 2021. PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCASBy Diego Gabriel C. Robles WHILE STAKEHOLDERS generally welcomed the draft revisions to the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law, there is still concern over

VIKTOR FORGACS-UNSPLASHTHE Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) has tied up with GCash to allow subscribers of the mobile payment platform to directly invest in the stock market, the local bourse’s top official said on Tuesday.“GCash and PSE have agreed to tie up. And we will be

MANILA WATER Co., Inc. has signed a P15-billion loan facility with a 10-year term to fund its upcoming projects, Metro Manila’s east zone water concessionaire told the stock exchange on Tuesday.“The loan will be used to finance Manila Water’s capital expenditure projects,” the Razon-led water

PIXABAYDESPITE suffering from job burnout, Filipino employees rate their mental health higher than their Singaporean and Indonesian counterparts, according to a July 2022 survey. Conducted by Singapore-based consumer research firm Milieu Insight and mental health platform Intellect, the study found that 78% of respondents in the

BRAKONGBy Brontë H. Lacsamana, Reporter BRAKONG — a lightweight external breast prosthesis made of the aquatic plant bakong — was given the top prize in the Philippine leg of the 2022 James Dyson Award this September.  Now progressing to the international stage, the team behind Brakong —

LISTED port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) announced on Tuesday that its unit Abbotsford Holdings, Inc., is selling its shares in Davao-based port operator Hijo International Port Services, Inc. (HIPSI) for P325 million.In a stock exchange disclosure, ICTSI said Abbotsford agreed to sell

1 of 2BEFORE online and smartphone games kept kids busy, there were physical toys and outdoor activities. Children’s TV programs and cartoons were only anticipated at their given timeslot. In the 1970s, the child who would become painter and sculptor Abdulmari “Toym” de Leon Imao,

SINGAPORE — Metro Pacific Tollways Corp., the largest toll road developer and operator in the Philippines, could raise $500 million from a planned initial public offering (IPO) on the local bourse, two sources close to the matter told Reuters.Metro Pacific Tollways’ President and Chief Executive