Business World - September 04, 2025

PHILIPPINES’ MANUFACTURING AS SHARE OF GDP CONTINUES TO DROP

DoF asks Congress to prioritize key tax reforms

DPWH pauses local project bidding

Council OKs stricter approval process for flood control projects

WESM rates rose in August on plant outages

MPIC unit weighing PrimeWater acquisition, awaits further details

Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi)

Alternergy to raise funds for next round of RE projects

Eudor Group in Iligan offering unregistered securities, SEC warns

ABG board OKs P3-B capital increase, follow-on offering

Aboitiz Construction says Davao Int’l Container Terminal’s 5th berth finished

Senior House members back return of spending plan to DBM for ‘correction’

Shakey’s Pizza Asia’s Potato Corner opens store in Taipei, targets wider Taiwan rollout

10% reduction in smoking population seen yielding savings of $687 million

Subway ROW acquisition target set at 95% by end of 2025

DoE, UN agency studying impact of energy transition on coal industry

Draft APA Blueprint: What taxpayers can expect

DoF: No word yet from US on tariff threat over digital taxes

International visitor arrivals approaching 4M

Agri dep’t calls for more support for tuna industry

BIR collections miss target for first 8 months

CORRECTION

‘Chip in with Taiwan’ for global peace and prosperity

More about wind-solar, more about inf lation

Floating money

Breakfast invitation

Google keeps Chrome and Apple deal but must share data in big antitrust ruling

In a slowing economy, it pays to modernize

Thinking Machines, OpenAI to help APAC firms leverage AI adoption

Amazon US Prime sign-ups slow despite expanded Prime Day push, data show

Realme 15 Series 5G smartphones set for Philippine launch on Sept. 16

Britain’s JLR hit by cyber incident that disrupts production, sales

China’s Xi projects power at military parade with Putin, Kim

DPWH,

Tax reforms,

Singapore orders Meta to implement anti-scam measures or face possible fine

With brooms in hand as symbol for change, Indonesian women join Jakarta protests

WESM,

Lawmakers push to lower age requirement for president, VP

Lower food costs, higher wages among Filipinos’ policy priorities

Hunger among beneficiaries of DSWD’s food aid program continues to drop — Gatchalian

BI sends 49 South Korean fugitives home in mass deportation

League of Provinces

Expose anomalies, governors told

Gov’t adjusts LGUs’ nat’l tax shares

Tropical Depression Kiko exits PAR

Alcaraz, Djokovic set up blockbuster US Open semifinals

Eala clinically defeats Hartono in 2 sets in Guadalajara Open

Injured Alas Pilipinas star Bryan Bagunas returns to training ahead of FIVB men’s world tourney

Gilas Youth faces Bahrain in KO match for quarterfinals berth

Fogo de Chão opens in Manila

Afternoon traditions and the art of slowing down

The sweet journey of Merced Bakehouse

Crossword

Pinoy Sudoku

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

BAP to set up centralized fraud verification system

Yields on term deposits continue to decline after BSP’s latest rate cut

GoTyme offers 20 free InstaPay transfers a month

Peso rebounds before key data

PSEi tumbles to 6,000 level as sentiment sours

Fed at a potential pivot point on job market

Oil prices rise after US imposed sanctions targeting Iranian oil

Wall St. slides as ruling on tariffs raises concerns

GoTyme,

Peso,

Gold bullion surges on rate cuts, risks on economy

Term deposits,