NEW YORK — American Olympian Ilona Maher is taking the leap from the rugby pitch to the toy-store shelves, as the bronze medalist was honored with her own signature Barbie doll on Monday. Ms. Maher conquered the social media game in her last two Olympic appearances, bringing her sport to new heights in a country […]

LONDON — Jilly Cooper, the British author of novels such as Rivals and Riders whose 1980s bestsellers were a blend of sex, satire, and class-based snobbery, has died aged 88, her agent said in a statement on Monday. Ms. Cooper, a longstanding friend of Britain’s Queen Camilla, sold 11 million copies of her books in […]

ARTWORKS that ponder Philippine colonial history, personal and collective memory, and expressions of faith came out on top in the 2025 edition of the Ateneo Art Awards (AAA), held last Sunday at the Ateneo Art Gallery of the Ateneo De Manila University in Quezon City. The four main prize winners for the Ateneo Art Awards-Fernando […]

The Philippines, despite its own challenges, is on track to achieve upper middle-income status by the end of this year or in 2026 — a milestone defined by the World Bank based on gross national income per capita. Beyond economic symbolism, this signals real improvements in the quality of life for many Filipinos. But to […]

Canva, the Australia-based design platform, announced on Wednesday that it will hold a month-long world tour in October aimed at training more than a million people in over 30 countries in visual communication skills.  “The Canva World Tour isn’t a traditional roadshow – it’s an ambitious approach to events and brand building that redefines how […]

“TELL THE STORY. Make a song,” is how Filipino novelist Erwin E. Castillo concludes his preface to the new edition of The Firewalkers. In it, he details how the novel arose in 1992 “while the country tried to rearrange itself, but not too much, and not really.” Now re-published by local press Exploding Galaxies — […]

Education Secretary Juan Edgardo “Sonny” M. Angara on Wednesday said that the Department of Education (DepEd) aims to boost the financial literacy of more teachers to avoid financial vulnerability.  “Our goal is really to increase the financial literacy of our teachers because we saw that a lot are still lacking, sometimes they are scammed,” he […]

THE art space Spare Bedroom, spearheaded by curator Alice Sarmiento, is designed for public programs that revolve around past and existing works of Filipino contemporary artists.

Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 81-2025 was issued to reiterate guidelines on the deductibility of expenses under the Tax Code, and lists the following criteria: it must be ordinary and necessary; paid or incurred within the taxable year; paid or incurred in carrying on or which are directly attributable to, the development, management, operation and/or conduct […]

LORENZO SHIPPING CORP. is seeking the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to increase its authorized capital stock following the subscription of National Marine Corp. (NMC). The transaction is in line with NMC’s subscription to the company’s capital increase, which remains subject to SEC approval. In May, Lorenzo Shipping’s board of directors approved […]

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MANILA/SINGAPORE — Cornerstone investors will buy more than half of Maynilad Water Services Inc.’s planned initial public offering of up to P25.3 billion ($438 million), two sources said, in what is expected to be the Philippines’ biggest listing this year. Maynilad, the largest private water concessionaire in the Philippines, serves the west zone of Metro […]

MACROASIA CORP. has broken ground on the P2-billion New Earth Iloilo Water Supply Project, which aims to address the rising water demand in Iloilo. The project is being implemented by New Earth Water System, Inc. (NEWS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Boracay Tubi System, Inc. (BTSI), which is majority owned by MacroAsia. “This facility will […]

Gold pushed through $4,000 an ounce to hit a record on Wednesday, driven by investors seeking safety from mounting economic and geopolitical uncertainty, alongside expectations of further interest rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Spot gold was up 0.9% at $4,017.16 per ounce by 0442 GMT. US gold futures for December delivery gained 0.9% […]

VIVANT WATER, a subsidiary of energy and water conglomerate Vivant Corp., plans to explore other potential sources of potable water aside from desalination to support Metro Cebu’s growing water supply needs. “Actually, that is one of our goals for next year, where we want to identify other sources also of water that is not desalination […]

As we saw in the last two columns in this series, Pope Leo XIV — true to the promise he made immediately after being elected Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church — has been issuing moral and ethical guidelines about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in today’s highly industrialized society (at the level of Industrial Revolution 4.0).

THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has directed E-Value Phils. Inc., the appraiser of Villar Land Holdings Corp.’s properties, to explain its valuation of assets owned by the Villar Land group as part of an ongoing review of the accuracy of the developer’s financial reporting. In a show-cause order dated Sept. 29, the SEC Office […]

TOYOTA FINANCIAL Services Philippines Corp. (TFSPH), the automotive financing and leasing arm of listed GT Capital Holdings, Inc., ended the offer period for its P2-billion maiden bond issuance on Oct. 7, earlier than scheduled, citing strong investor demand. “Originally set to run from Oct. 6 to 13, 2025, the offer period was cut short and […]

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has repeatedly tested the boundaries of executive power since his return to office and is exploring uncharted legal territory with threats to carry out mass firings during the federal government shutdown, legal experts and lawmakers said. The Republican president this year has aggressively pursued cuts to the federal government and […]

Apple premium reseller Digital Walker and Beyond the Box have announced the pre-order package for the iPhone 17 series. The pre-order period will begin on October 9 with midnight pre-order events on October 8 at Digital Walker Glorietta and Beyond the Box Ermita.  Customers who pre-order any of the iPhone 17 series models such as the […]

THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking to introduce a unified lending identification (ULI) system to make it easier for borrowers to access credit and to prevent predatory lending and abusive debt collection practices.