SUBDUED economic growth, weak business confidence and external pressures are complicating the case for continued monetary easing and a former Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) official said a pause could follow the rate cut earlier this month.
Year to date, GOCC subsidies were also markedly lower at P95.8 billion compared to the P129.4 billion recorded in January-November 2024. RizalCommercial Banking Corp ... The year-to-date total increased to P36.4 billion from P35.7 billion ... ....
THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has issued new regulations increasing and clarifying caps on “de minimis” benefits that employers may grant to workers without being subject to income tax ...Revenue Regulations (RR) 29-2025, dated Oct.
The IMF cautioned that these achievements must be sustained, particularly with the next FATF mutual evaluation set for 2027 ... “Advancing AML/CFT efforts should remain a priority,” it said ... ....
Eleven-year-old Adeline Suppiger comes across as a devoted big sister to each of her five younger siblings ... She helped deliver him at the family's home in the Pauline area ... The story is one that moves fast ... On Oct ... He got Adeline on speaker phone.
INCREASED yearend online activity could trigger a rise in holiday-related scams targeting online shoppers, banks, and digital payment systems, cybersecurity firm Kaspersky warned on Monday ... ....
THE government’s budget balance swung into a deficit in November as spending outpaced revenues, Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) data showed on Tuesday ... It was, however, lower than October’s P328.8 billion ... ....
THE government will ramp up domestic borrowings in the first quarter of 2026, banking on lower costs in the wake of continued Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) rate cuts ... chief economist Michael Ricafort noted ... ....