The ever-popular Honda Click125 gets more stylish and packed with advanced features as Honda Philippines Inc., the No.1 motorcycle manufacturer in the country, finally revealed its upgraded version last Friday at the Acacia Hotel in Alabang. Now refreshed with bolder styling, advanced features, and reliable everyday performancethe new Click125 is designed to elevate everyday riding by blending style, innovation, and performance into one refined package. Built around the …

Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. celebrated the 30 years of its best-selling cars in the country – Honda City – with the unveiling of a new variant of both the Honda City and Honda City Hatchback last weekend at the Glorietta Palm Drive Activity Center in Makati City ​First introduced in the Philippines in 1996 as an exclusive model for the Asian region, the …

The iconic Mitsubishi Versa Van, long been associated with versatility, durability, and dependable performance in various local road conditions, is making a comeback, as announced recently by Mitsubishi Motors Philippines. ​Known before as Mitsubishi Delica, a van platform engineered to transport both people and cargo with ease and introduced to the Philippines in 1987 as the L300 cab chassis, the original Versa Van version quickly became …

The newest iterations of the Honda CR-V, marking a significant evolution of Honda’s flagship SUV that blends premium sophistication and sporty fun with the brand’s signature performance, were launched last Saturday at the Glorietta Palm Drive Activity Center in Makati City Leading the charge is the New CR-V 2.0 RS e:HEV AWD E-CVT, a premium sporty hybrid that elevates the model’s heritage with engineering tailored for the modern urban …

Government statisticians reported a 2-percent inflation rate for January, the highest in 11 months,  but many Filipinos who are still reeling from higher prices of goods are not convinced. Such an inflation figure had the fastest pace since February 2025 when we notched 2.1 percent. Still, a huge part of the population aired doubts, pointing out that while the Philippine …

The inflation computations were arrived at even as the  Manila Electric. Co. trimmed electricity rates by 16.37 centavos per kilowatt-hour (kWh) to P12.9508 per kWh last month from P13.1145 per kWh in December, which meant households consuming an average of 200 kWh paid P33 less in their monthly electricity bill. In January 2025, Meralco charged its customers P11.7428 per kWh. …

In January, the average price of local regular milled rice fell by 10.28% to P43.29 per kilo from P48.25 per kilo a year ago but inched up by 4.34% from P41.49 in December, according to the PSA.  Well-milled rice was likewise cheaper by 7.55% year on year at P50.05 per kilo from P54.14 but climbed by 3.73% from P48.25 in …

The Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEPDev) said the government is enforcing programs to manage price pressures emerging from the energy sector. It includes improving the Department of Energy’s Net Metering Program by enforcing time-bound local permitting, simplifying utility documentary requirements and expanding consumer incentives.   “The program allows consumers to install eligible renewable energy systems and export surplus …

More and more Filipinos in the labor force are finding it hard to land a job. The number of unemployed Filipinos increased to 2.26 million in December, higher than the 1.63 million logged in December 2024 and the previous month’s count of 2.25 million. For 2025, the jobless rate averaged 4.2%, equivalent to 2.14 million jobless Filipinos. This was higher …

Ten industry divisions performed so badly last year that the country’s manufacturing output decreased. This was according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Preliminary results of the PSA’s Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries showed that the Volume of Production Index (VoPI) for manufacturing posted an annual average decline of 0.02 percent last year, indicating a downtrend from the 0.7 …