August, 2025

• 25 August

  Government to roll out digital net metering platform next month

  

  The government is set to launch a digital net metering application platform next month to make it easier for households to join the program and cut their electricity costs, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced last week. DOE Assistant Secretary Mylene Capongcol said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered the streamlining of net metering processes, with a goal of …

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• 25 August

  Japanese firms relocate headquarters outside Tokyo amid remote work shift

  

  Major Japanese manufacturers, including Toshiba Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd., are moving their headquarters functions away from central Tokyo as remote work reduces the need for large city offices and companies seek closer integration of research, manufacturing, and corporate planning. Toshiba, which had been based in Tokyo’s Shibaura district for about 40 years, has transferred its executive office and corporate planning …

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• 25 August

  BSP Gaming Ban: A Win for Families and Financial Health

  

  HOUSE OF FINACIALFREEDOMBy Chinkee Tan The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has issued a new directive suspending in-app gaming access for all BSP-supervised institutions.  Platforms like GCash have begun removing gaming options from GLife last August 16, and the only way users can access them is through the gaming merchant’s website. Some may see this as an inconvenience. I see …

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• 25 August

  All-female band Finix rising

  

  Bold, authentic, and aspirational – that’s what Finix is all about. FINIX is a seven-member P-Pop girl group under GKD Records, composed of Aki, Tris, Minhea, Zia, R-Lo, Cole, and Rikka. GKD Records is a US-based independent music label with deep operational roots in the Philippines. This up-and-coming P-Pop girl group, already making waves as one of the most promising …

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• 25 August

  ‘Para Kay B’ returns

  

  Ricky Lee’s best-selling novel, Para Kay B, whose story that left audiences in tears and laughter, will return for a limited rerun from September 12 to 28 at The Doreen Black Box Theater, Ateneo De Manila University. Based on the National Artist’s  ground-breaking first novel, Para Kay B dares to ask the unflinching question: “Sa limang umiibig, isa lang ba …

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• 25 August

  LandBank, PNP streamline pension processing for retiring police officers

  

  State-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) have amended their memorandum of agreement (MOA) to simplify pension processing for police retirees. Signed on Aug. 14 at the PNP Headquarters in Quezon City, the updated MOA allows active PNP personnel to retain their existing LandBank payroll accounts as their pension accounts upon retirement. This removes …

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• 25 August

  R&I affirms Phl credit rating at ‘A-’

  

  Japanese debt watcher Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (R&I) has affirmed the Philippines’ investment-grade credit rating of “A-” with a stable outlook, a move seen by the Department of Finance (DOF) as a strong vote of confidence from international investors. “Isa itong tagumpay na dapat ipagdiwang ng bawat Pilipino. Dahil ibig sabihin nito, nananatiling mataas ang tiwala ng mga credit …

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• 25 August

  BSP seen to cut rates further as inflation eases — BMI

  

  The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is expected to continue easing its monetary policy in the second half of 2025 as slowing inflation gives room for more rate cuts, Fitch Solutions unit BMI said in a report Thursday. BMI projected the BSP’s benchmark policy rate to fall to 4.75 percent by yearend, from the current level, as inflation cooled to …

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• 25 August

  Filipinos’ credit perception index steady in 2025

  

  Filipinos’ credit perception index (CPI) score remained broadly stable this year, supported by strong foundational knowledge of credit and modest gains in trust toward financial products, TransUnion Philippines said last week. In its latest annual study, the company reported that the general population’s CPI score stood at 73 out of 100 in 2025, almost unchanged from last year’s 74. The …

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• 25 August

  Bukidnon Sports Complex ideal training ground for national boxers

  

  The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has identified an ideal training hub where national boxers can prepare for major international competitions. On Thursday, PSC Chairman Patrick “Pato” Gregorio agreed with Senator Miguel Zubiri and the local government of Bukidnon to transform the newly built Bukidnon Sports and Cultural Complex into a breeding ground for world-class Filipino boxing talent. “I’m very happy …

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