CEMENT importers are urging the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to discontinue its initiation of preliminary safeguard measures investigation on the importation of cement, saying additional ...

President Donald Trump is taking a blowtorch to the rules that have governed world trade for decades. The “reciprocal’’ tariffs that he announced Thursday are likely to create chaos for global ...

THE Philippines’s external debt service burden (DSB) rose to $15.735 billion as of the end of November 2024, exceeding 2023’s full-year DSB of $14.807 billion. The full-year DSB for 2023 had marked ...

THE country’s largest trade federation is pushing for the signing of a new bilateral labor agreement (BLA) to protect Filipino fishermen from exploitation in the United Kingdom (UK).  Citing a 2023 ...

The  dispute between China and the Philippines over the West Philippine Sea (WPS) would not affect the government’s plan to put up  a mega economic zone in Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm situated  (IPPF ...

Gaming firm DigiPlus Interactive Corp. expects capital expenditures (capex) for the year to reach as much as P3 billion. Celeste Jovenir, DigiPlus vice president for investor relations, said the ...

PLDT Global Corp. (PLDT Global), the international arm of PLDT Inc., has added STC Bank, a leading Saudi digital bank, as a payment option for its one-stop marketplace. “We are thrilled to join forces ...

Property developer Sta. Lucia Land Inc. expressed confidence that it finished 2024 strong on the back of the brisk sale of its developments located mostly in second- and third-tier cities. David dela ...

TOTAL resources of the financial sector grew 7.79 percent in December 2024, according to the latest data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).  Data showed the total resources of the Philippine ...

A coalition of labor groups is calling for an “urgent” dialogue with newly-appointed Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) President and CEO Edwin M. Mercado, warning that the state health ...

Ma. Stella F. Arnaldo / Special to the BusinessMirror THE surge in Filipinos traveling abroad led to a 7.62-percent increase in travel taxes collected by the government in 2024, compared to ...

THE Social Security System (SSS) announced that it is working to improve services for pensioners, to reduce the interest rate on its salary and/or calamity loan programs, and to pursue self-employed ...