Nearly 50 infrastructure flagship projects are expected to be fast-tracked as the government streamlines the permitting process. — PHILIPPINE STAR/MIGUEL DE GUZMANNEARLY 50 infrastructure flagship projects (IFPs) in the pipeline will be fast-tracked as the government streamlines the process of securing permits, licenses and other

The Philippine flag is raised at the Rizal Monument in Manila, June 11, 2024. — PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBANBy Justine Irish D. Tabile, ReporterTHE PHILIPPINES saw its ranking in an annual global competitiveness report remain unchanged and continued to be one of the laggards in the

The central bank has warned financial institutions against the use of software robotics and other data-scraping tools in handling sensitive customer data. — IMAGO/WESTLIGHT VIA REUTERS CONNECTTHE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) has warned its supervised institutions against the use of robotic process automation (RPA)

FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD students in the Philippines are among the worst in creative thinking, according to the latest study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The Philippines ranked 63rd out of 64 countries in a 2022 global assessment by the OECD that ranked 15-year-old students

SM Supermalls continues its commitment to empower and enrich the growth of local Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) by building a thriving ecosystem of entrepreneurship and innovation.“MSMEs are our local partners in generating value across all the communities we operate in,” said Steven Tan,

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1 of 2“WE always hope to bring something new to the art scene,” declared Nestor O. Jardin, curator of Conrad Manila’s “Of Art and Wine”series of art exhibits, now on its 30th iteration.“I know the art styles of Ross Capili and Rico Lascano very well,

THE VIRGIN LAB FEST (VLF) returns each year to showcase untried and untested one-act plays onstage. Now on its 19th year, the festival takes on narratives that deal with the complex layers of human experience. This year’s theme is “Pintog,” meaning burst, signifying how VLF

AYALA.COMFORTUNE magazine recognized 38 Philippine companies in its inaugural Fortune Southeast Asia 500 list for their contributions to the regional economy.San Miguel Corp. (SMC) ranked ninth, followed by SM Investments Corp. (27th), Manila Electric Co. (34th), JG Summit Holdings, Inc. (55th), BDO Unibank, Inc. (57th),