January 14, 2025
2024 car sales rise but miss target
A parking lot is full of vehicles in Mandaluyong City, June 30, 2024. — PHILIPPINE STAR /MIGUEL DE GUZMAN NEW VEHICLE SALES in the Philippines hit a record-high 467,252 in 2024, but fell short of the full-year target, according to an industry group. A joint report by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, […]
January 14, 2025
Penalties for motorists without RFID to be implemented by March
VEHICLES pass through toll gates at the South Luzon Expressway. — PHILIPPINE STAR/RUSSELL PALMA By Ashley Erika O. Jose, Reporter MOTORISTS passing through expressways without electronic toll collection (ETC) devices or radio frequency identification (RFID) tags would be fined starting March, the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) said. The new tollway guidelines, which were supposed to […]
January 14, 2025
BIR says it exceeded 2024 collection goal
TAXPAYERS line up to file their income tax returns at the Bureau of Internal Revenue office in Manila. — PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBAN THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Tuesday said it exceeded its revised P2.85-trillion collection goal in 2024, mainly driven by value-added tax (VAT) collection. “Although the numbers are still being finalized, the […]
January 14, 2025
BMI forecasts 6.3% growth for PHL this year
High-rise buildings tower over shanties in Parola, Tondo, Manila, Jan. 11, 2025. — PHILIPPINE STAR/RYAN BALDEMOR By Luisa Maria Jacinta C. Jocson, Reporter FURTHER monetary easing is seen to prop up gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the Philippines, Fitch Solutions’ unit BMI said, as this would provide much-needed support to domestic demand. “For the […]
January 14, 2025
Abstract dimensions
1 of 2 ABSTRACTION challenges people to examine and imagine, with the varying perceptions of shapes, colors, and forms in a painting reflecting the viewer’s inner thoughts. This interplay of ideas sets abstract works apart from the representational. Conrad Manila’s first exhibit in its regular “Of Art and Wine” series this year features the works […]
January 14, 2025
Semirara Mining says coal shipments up 4.4%
REUTERS SEMIRARA Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) reported 16.5 million metric tons (MT) in coal shipments for 2024, a 4.4% increase from the previous year, driven by stronger demand from China and domestic markets. Broken down, foreign shipments rose by 4% to 8.4 million MT, with exports to China increasing by 46% to 7.6 million […]
January 14, 2025
MVP Group companies partner with performer Dylan Menor
REVIN MIKHAEL D. OCHAVE VARIOUS companies under the MVP Group have partnered with singer and actor Dylan Menor for several projects and endorsements this year. Mr. Menor and his representative, Stages Talent Agency, signed partnership agreements with Pangilinan-led companies such as MediaQuest Holdings, Inc., Cignal TV, Inc., MQuest Ventures, Smart Communications Inc., MWell, and Kayana […]
January 14, 2025
D&L in talks for sustainable technology
DNL.COM.PH LISTED D&L Industries, Inc. said it is in talks with several potential partners for the application of a new plant fiber-plastic technology that provides a sustainable alternative to plastics. The technology, developed by D&L through its subsidiary D&L Polymer & Colours, Inc. (DLPC), will have a wide range of uses, from consumer durables to […]
January 14, 2025
Arts & Culture (01/15/25)
1 of 4 Ayala Museum holds talk on ancestral home book THE Ayala Museum will be hosting a book talk with Gina Consing McAdam about the book Houses that Sugar Built: An Intimate Portrait of Philippine Ancestral Homes which features award-winning images by Siobhán Doran. It will be held on Jan. 25 (Saturday) from 2-4 […]
January 14, 2025
The demographic dividend of the Philippines: Lessons from China’s impending population collapse
FREEPIK (Part 7) Japan’s fertility rate started declining 50 years ago. It is possible that the circumstances the Land of the Rising Sun faced over the last half a century may be quite different from what we are facing now, thereby limiting the possible lessons we can learn from its demographic crisis today. In contrast, […]
January 14, 2025
Axelum Resources sees strong demand this year
CHEN MIZRACH-UNSPLASH LISTED coconut food product manufacturer and exporter Axelum Resources Corp. is banking on strong demand to drive the company’s growth this year. The global coconut products industry is expected to see strong demand, upward pricing, and supply tightness this year based on independent publications, Axelum said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday. This […]
January 14, 2025
Governance and economic growth are deeply intertwined
FREEPIK A new year is supposed to occasion introspection and a new way of seeing things. As we welcome 2025, it is time to change the mindset that good governance on one hand, and economic growth on the other, are mutually exclusive concerns. On the contrary, they are deeply intertwined, and one will hardly exist […]
