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Growth beyond the numbers: Why Metrobank remains the strongest bank in the Philippines

For most Filipinos, growth is not abstract. It is personal, lived, and often hard-earned such as saving for a child’s education, expanding a small business, managing rising costs, or planning...

Finance

Stocks mixed, silver rebounds as 2025 trading winds down

NEW YORK, United States — Stock markets were mixed on Tuesday while silver prices rebounded amid volatile trading in precious metals. Wall Street’s main indices closed slightly lower. Worries over valuations of...

Consumer & Retail

Holiday spending weak this year

Holiday spending weak this year

MANILA, Philippines — Supermarkets saw a weaker holiday shopping surge this year, with peak sales narrowing to just three to four days instead of the…

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Tourism & Transportation

Mactan-Cebu airport adds direct interisland flights

MANILA, Philippines — Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) has become a center for local tourism, as it positions Cebu as a hub linking to the country’s…

PAL begins Cebu-Guam service

Foreign News

BSP hikes dollar deficit forecast for 2026 

Foreign exchange. File photo MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is set to post a wider dollar deficit next year than what the Bangko Sentral ng…

Economy

Lebanon's cabinet approves draft law on financial crisis losses

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon’s government on Friday approved a draft law to distribute financial losses from the 2019 economic crisis. The crisis deprived many Lebanese of…

Communications

Dow, S&P 500 end at records amid talk of Santa rally

NEW YORK, United States — Major US stock indices finished at fresh records Wednesday following a shortened pre-holiday session while gold and silver prices also struck…

Industry Movements

PDIC appoints 2 new independent directors 

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC), the state-run agency that protects bank deposits, on Friday announced the appointment of two new independent…

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