Zeekr took the spotlight again with the global debut of its flagship luxury SUV, the 9X, at the recent Shanghai Auto Show which sets new benchmarks in design, performance, and electrification, marking a bold leap forward for the brand. It is set to be launched tomorrow by Autohub, its local distributor. As the first hybrid model under the Zeekr brand, …

The Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc., a group that binds leading 28 vehicle manufacturers in the country, started its 30th year celebration with a big bang as it held its Chairman’s Cup, in honor of its founding chairman and newly reelected Palawan Representative Jose Alvarez, at the Manila Golf & Country Club. No less than Rep. Alvarez …

Home Credit Philippines (HCPH), the country’s leading consumer finance company, partnered with KServico, the widest retail network for motorcycles, 3-wheelers, e-bikes, appliances, laptops, mobile phones, and furniture in order to brings fast and easy financing to nearly 180 KServico stores across Metro Manila and Luzon, making it more accessible and convenient for Filipinos to own motorcycles and experience “New Rides …

Shell Pilipinas Inc., one of the Big 3 in the local fuel market, held its 11th staging of the Shell Media Golf early this month as part of its 111th anniversary celebration at the Manila Golf & Country Club. Led by its lady president and CEO Lorelie Osial, the event gathered media practitioners from broadcast, print, digital media, and other …

BEYOND ELLIPTICAL By Rose Marie de la Cruz Just glancing at the idea of imposing seasonal tariff for rice, I don’t know just how systematically this can be implemented, without opening the floodgates for corruption and other trade malpractices. As it is, EO 62, which was revised in June 2024, including changing its nomenclature, failed in its mission to protect …

The country’s meat imports surged by 25.9 percent (year-on-year) in the first quarter of 2025 due to higher demand for pork and chicken imports, the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) reported. The BAI data released Tuesday showed that total meat imports in the January to March this year rose to 344.59 million kilograms from 273.64 million kg for the same …

Tax-paid local cigarets cost P140 per pack while those smuggled or untaxed are sold at P66.15 per pack, with the P100 per pack difference endangering the profitability and sustainability of homegrown tobacco. Thus, the Philippine Tobacco Institute  asked the government to calibrate the taxes for homegrown tobacco against the smuggled ones and called for tighter enforcement of laws against smuggling …

Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor and Southern Leyte are joining the subsidized rice initiative with an initial combined order of 673,000 (50 kilo) bags and sell these to their constituents for P20/kg. in keeping with the campaign promise of President Marcos in 2022. The National Food Authority (NFA) said that it had shipped 35,000 bags of well-milled rice to Cebu on Monday …

Bloomberry Resorts Corporation, whose subsidiaries own and operate Solaire Resort Entertainment City, Solaire Resort North , and Jeju Sun Hotel and Casino,  reported an increase of 14 percent in its Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) — from P14.8 billion to P16.8 billion —  in the first quarter of 2024. Based on its unaudited consolidated financial results for the three months ending …

International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) Baltic Container Terminal (BCT), Gdynia, acting in coordination with the Port of Gdynia Authority, has completed Phase 1 of a two-phase major upgrade of its Helskie Quay. The project, implemented over 400 meters of quay line, represent an important step in the Port of Gdynia’s goal to accommodate larger vessels. This objective will become …