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EastWest Bank sees growth in assets and loans

EastWest Bank sees growth in assets and loans

Jose Santana Feb 5, 2026

East West Banking Corporation (EastWest Bank) projects low- to mid-teen growth in assets and loans in 2026, citing strong performance…

BUSINESS NEWS

PH banks’ NPL ratio improves in December

PH banks’ NPL ratio improves in December

Jose Santana Feb 12, 2026 2 min read

Non-performing loan (NPL) ratio of Philippine banks posted an improvement to 3.08 percent in December 2025 from month-ago’s 3.32 percent,…

Gov’t infra projects helping boost residential real estate demand

Jose Santana Feb 12, 2026

Infrastructure projects that significantly cut travel time and forge connectivity across the country are emerging as key power drivers of…

Businesses in Asia face unpredictable environment this year; Protests in PH cited as factor

Jose Santana Feb 12, 2026

Businesses in Asia face an operating environment marked by persistent unpredictability this year, caused by an interplay between political dynamics,…

Asia Pacific  consumers still hesitant in trusting AI

Jose Santana Feb 11, 2026

While consumers are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to shop, concerns over security and transparency are creating hesitation at the…

11 more logistics and allied firms join DTI supply chain, logistics center

Jose Santana Feb 11, 2026

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is ramping up its push to fortify micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs),…

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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