EDUARDO SOARES-UNSPLASHBy Aaron Michael C. Sy, ReporterPHILIPPINE BANKS are expected to remain profitable this quarter as interest rates and demand for loans remain elevated.“For the first quarter of the year, continued growth [is expected] amid a high interest rate environment also to be driven by

LOS ANGELES —  To create the look of renowned physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer for the big screen, his trademark hat had to be just right.Two hatmakers had failed to replicate the scientist’s unique style when Mark Mejia, owner of Baron Hats, headed to a Hollywood

By Andrea C. Abestano, ResearcherSCROLLING THROUGH social media means more than merely about likes and shares today. It has become an instrument for financial literacy for many Filipinos.As of January, almost 73.6% of Filipinos had access to the internet, of which 73.4% were connected through

MANILA ELECTRIC Co. (Meralco) may have to resort to the spot market for power source after failing to secure bids for the 260-megawatt (MW) peak requirement in preparation for the increase in demand during the dry months.The power distributor did not receive any expression of

BDO Foundation partnered with Huawei Philippines to co-fund the development of financial literacy videos, which will form part of an ongoing financial education program for the Philippine National Police. The partners also agreed to finance the production of a second batch of curriculum-based videos on

1 of 7SOUND IS SOMETHING very subjective. What to you might hear and feel like scratching your fingernails on a chalkboard may be another man’s nirvana. Right?Well, yes and no, according to Audiofrog President Andy Wehmeyer. While the perception of sound is relative, he insisted,

THE agribusiness unit of Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) said it is eyeing to open its vegetable greenhouse facility in San Rafael town in Bulacan by the fourth quarter.“Construction is still underway. We are still hell-bent in making it open, live for commercial operation,

BW FILE PHOTOThe EdCom II Year One Report entitled “MISEDUCATION: The Failed System of Philippine Education” misreads the Philippine education situation. We do not have a crisis in Philippine education. We have a crisis in Philippine public education. Philippine private education is doing fine.Per the

SCOTT GRAHAM-UNSPLASHTHE PHILIPPINE industry could hit its full growth potential once the country achieves upper middle-income status, an industry player said.“We already reached $3,000 per capita in the 2010’s, when the insurance industry saw rapid growth,” SunLife Grepa Financial, Inc. Director Rizalina G. Mantaring reporters