As millennials, we tend to believe we don’t need life insurance because we’re young and healthy. Most of us are career-driven, and it’s true that we can be busy trying to save up for our future and our growing responsibilities that it might sound too early to think about death. But when it comes to […]Read More

While the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives in the most uncertain ways, there’s one thing Sun Life gold awardee Teresa Gerona is sure of: We must plan and prepare for the future. She shares this timely nugget of wisdom, “By getting insured, you sleep well at night knowing that in case the inevitable happens, […]Read More

Inflation eased to a three-month low in October amid a slower increase in food prices, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Friday. Headline inflation settled at 4.6%, slower than the 4.9% median estimate of 21 analysts in a BusinessWorld poll last week. “The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) stands ready to maintain its accommodative monetary […]Read More

PHILSTAR By Revin Mikhael D. Ochave, Reporter Philippine exports and imports rose in September amid a pickup in global economic activity, the local statistics agency said on Friday. The value of exports increased by 6.3% year on year to $6.68 billion, better than 3.4% a year earlier, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said in a […]Read More

PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS Daily coronavirus infections in the Philippines could fall to fewer than 1,000 by the end of the month, according to researchers from the country’s premier university. The granular lockdowns in the capital region had helped reverse a surge of the more contagious Delta coronavirus variant, OCTA Research Group fellow Fredegusto P. […]Read More

BW FILE PHOTO The Philippine central bank raised P110 billion from its auction of 28-day bills on Friday, with rates falling as the lockdown in Metro Manila was again relaxed. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) fully awarded the one-month bills that were oversubscribed, with tenders reaching P148.69 billion. Demand was also higher than the […]Read More

The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) has allowed limited face to face classes in colleges for all degree programs in areas under Alert Level 2, the presidential palace said on Friday. These would be subject to conditions set by the commission, presidential spokesman Herminio L. Roque, Jr. told a televised news. Students and faculty participating […]Read More

Six of 10 Filipinos are now willing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to a poll by the Social Weather Stations (SWS). SWS on Friday said 64% of Filipinos were willing to get vaccinated, 9 points higher than in in June and twice as high in May. The pollster said 19% of Filipinos said […]Read More

A congressman has filed a bill seeking to postpone the village and youth elections to 2024 amid a coronavirus pandemic. Davao Oriental Rep. Joel Mayo Z. Almario filed House Bill 10425, which will cancel the local elections set for Dec. 5. “The country cannot afford to have all new leaders in 2022 as doing so […]Read More

The Senate has ordered the arrest of a former Budget official after he skipped four hearings that probed alleged medical supply anomalies at the agency. Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III signed the arrest order for on Friday confirmed via Viber that he has signed the arrest order for Lloyd C. Lao, former executive director […]Read More