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25 January

SEA Games medalists cited

THE gold medalists in the 33rd Southeast Asian Games lead a long list of personalities to be given out with citations in the 2025 Philippine Sportswriters Association-San Miguel Corporation Awards Night slated on Feb. 16 at the Diamond Hotel Manila. Three-gold medal winner Kayla Sanchez spearheads the Philippine team contingent that scored significant victories in a two-week stretch of December in …

25 January

Ayala ups forward planning with SEC shelf registration

Highly diversified Ayala Corp. said Thursday that its board had approved the filing of a five-year shelf registration of up to P30 billion with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Ayala said in a disclosure that the move would provide the group “with the ability to undertake future issuances of Philippine peso-denominated bonds on an efficient and timely basis.” The …

25 January

BDO Unibank sells majority stake in DHI

BDO UNIBANK, Inc. is selling its majority stake in its investment holding company Dominion Holdings, Inc. (DHI). The bank signed last Monday a share purchase agreement with Monte Sur Equity Holdings, Inc. to sell 1,513,732,718 or 70% of its shares in the investment holding company at P1.68 per share or about P2.54 billion, it said in a disclosure to the …

25 January

Credit card firms push for removal of cap on rates

The Credit Card Association of the Philippines (CCAP) is not backing down on its desire to remove the cap on credit card rates, even as the group announced that it will follow up with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) the needed action on this request. CCAP Executive Director Alex Ilagan informed reporters this week that the association submitted a …

25 January

Epson’s new product seen as game changer

A product from Epson, called EcoTank M2170, is touted to change the game in commercial banking. For more than five decades, Epson Philippines Corporation has quietly powered behind-the-scenes work flow in banks, delivering printing solutions built for environments where errors are costly and downtime is not an option.   This 2026 will be different. This is the year when Epson’s …

25 January

LANDBANK mulls 15 new branches

LAND BANK of the Philippines (LANDBANK) is planning to open 15 branches and branch-lite units nationwide this year as it looks to make financial services available to more Filipinos. “By expanding our touchpoints, LANDBANK continues to ensure that financial services remain accessible, inclusive, and responsive to the evolving needs of our clients — especially in the countryside. These new facilities …

25 January

PH economy may recovery in 2027 yet — Maybank

Prospects for the Philippine economy continue to be on the bleak side. This is according to economists from Maybank, who see that the country’s economic growth will continue its trajectory of undershooting the government’s targets until next year, 2027. They said the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) may have grown by 4.8% in 2025, before picking up slightly to 4.9% …

25 January

Security Bank helps 41 scholars

Employees of Security Bank moved together to fund the education of 41 scholars under the Regalo Mo, Kinabukasan Ko (RMKK) scholarship program. As 2025 drew to a close, Security Bankers organized a series of employee-led initiatives, highlighted by a holiday marketplace at the Bank’s head office in Makati City. The activities, carried out in collaboration with the Learning and Engagement …

25 January

St. Sebastian’s martyrdom told in Lipa musical play

Many of us, who grew up in Lipa and its neighbor towns, commonly heard of or encountered San Sebastian in our daily lives. Yet, we never really knew who he is, or who he was, and what he was all about. For many, he was just a statue tied to a tree whose naked, lifeless body is dotted with arrow …

25 January

PRE-VALENTINE CONCERT TO SUPPORT INDIGENT PREGNANT MOTHERS

In a joint effort to address child malnutrition and maternal health, the Knights of Rizal and the Children’s First 1000 Days Coalition (CFDC), in partnership with The Manila Hotel, announced “Alay sa Mag-Nanay” Pre-Valentine Dinner Benefit Concert, to be held on Saturday, 7 February 2026, at 6:00 PM at the Tent City, The Manila Hotel. The announcement was made during Kapihan sa Manila Hotel, a …

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January, 2026