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Data center VITRO considering initial public offering

Data center VITRO considering initial public offering

Jose Santana Mar 1, 2026

Publicly listed PLDT Inc. is “seriously considering” an initial public offering (IPO) for its data center arm, VITRO Inc., and…

BUSINESS NEWS

Rosales seeks to be agricultural hub for parts of Luzon

Rosales seeks to be agricultural hub for parts of Luzon

Jose Santana Mar 1, 2026 2 min read

The municipal government of Rosales is pushing to become an agricultural trade hub for Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, and western Pangasinan.…

Data center VITRO considering initial public offering

Jose Santana Mar 1, 2026

Publicly listed PLDT Inc. is “seriously considering” an initial public offering (IPO) for its data center arm, VITRO Inc., and…

Business confidence softens in January but still on the positive side

Jose Santana Feb 28, 2026

Business confidence in Philippine economic conditions moderated in January but remained in positive territory, according to the latest survey conducted…

World Bank approves grants for boosting jobs, reducing poverty

Jose Santana Feb 28, 2026

The World Bank, through its Grant Facility for Project Preparation (GFPP), has approved three new grants this year aimed at…

Pag-IBIG Fund records P64 billion in dividends last year

Jose Santana Feb 27, 2026

The Pag-IBIG Fund logged a record P64.34 billion in dividends for 2025, the highest in its 45-year history, after increasing…

PESO AND POWER (OPINIONS)

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When Tycoons Speak, PBBM listens

filobserver@gmail.com Jan 16, 2026 5 min read

Earlier today, the investor relations office of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the Department of Finance convened what was described to participants as a three-hour “Big Bold Reforms” forum for investors. The media, however, was barred from covering it. The guest list was notable. Present were some of the…

Is Bitcoin overrated?; Latest price plunge erases massive gains this year

Is Bitcoin overrated?; Latest price plunge erases massive gains this year

Jose Santana Nov 17, 2025 2 min read

By gaining only 4 percent since the start of this year, Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies may be proving to be overrated investments. Bitcoin’s price fell by more than 6 percent to its weakest level in six months on Friday, as there is growing uncertainty on the US economy that…

The Price of Theft: How the Philippines’ Flood-Control Corruption Scandal Is Bleeding the Nation Dry–Economically and Strategically

The Price of Theft: How the Philippines’ Flood-Control Corruption Scandal Is Bleeding the Nation Dry–Economically and Strategically

Richard EM Rivera Nov 1, 2025 8 min read

The scenes from Manila in September 2025 — thousands of citizens filling EDSA and Luneta, priests and students calling for accountability, and protesters chanting for the return of stolen public funds — should have been an alarm bell the country could not ignore. What began as revelations about anomalous flood-control…

Task Force Philippines: A Strategic Deterrent Amid Persistent Structural Vulnerabilities

Task Force Philippines: A Strategic Deterrent Amid Persistent Structural Vulnerabilities

Richard EM Rivera Oct 31, 2025 5 min read

The creation of the Task Force Philippines—a joint maritime defense coordination body involving the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines—represents a strategic and symbolic pivot toward collective deterrence against Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Within the volatile Indo-Pacific security landscape, this task force signals…

The Cloud and AI Shift at Alphabet and its Effects on Generation Z: Philippines and Southeast Asia

The Cloud and AI Shift at Alphabet and its Effects on Generation Z: Philippines and Southeast Asia

Richard EM Rivera Oct 22, 2025 12 min read

In recent years, Alphabet Inc. has signalled a major strategic pivot: its cloud computing business (via Google Cloud) and its AI-driven services are becoming core growth engines. This shift has profound implications—particularly for Generation Z (roughly born 1997-2012) in the Philippines and across Southeast Asia, who are coming of age…

STOCK ANALYSIS: OceanaGold PH share price up by more than 100% over 12 months

STOCK ANALYSIS: OceanaGold PH share price up by more than 100% over 12 months

Jose Santana Oct 21, 2025 3 min read

While there are many investors who bought gold 12 months ago and are happily cashing in, having made a profit of around 60 percent, those who acquired OceanaGold Philippines (OGP) shares also one year ago have made a gain of at least 100 percent. Let us repeat that: Gold investors…

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