1 of 2VENCHI, the Italian brand of chocolate and gelato that has been delighting customers since 1878, has arrived in the Philippines.It was founded by Silviano Venchi who spent all his savings to buy two bronze cauldrons to experiment with

EMIRATES.COMDUBAI-BASED carrier Emirates is optimistic about the Philippine travel market amid growing demand for leisure travel, a company official said.”Our presence in the Philippines is very strong,” Saeed Abdulla Miran, Emirates Philippines country manager, told reporters on Wednesday.Mr. Miran said

PHILIPPINE STAR/WALTER BOLLOZOSTHE CENTRAL BANK’S term deposit facility (TDF) fetched bids worth P290.223 billion, above the P250-billion offer and P286.038 billion in tenders a week ago.Tenders for the seven-day debt reached P177.147 billion against the P140 billion auctioned off by

1 of 2I RECENTLY attended a Wines of Portugal event at the Fairmont Hotel in Makati City. I normally get half a dozen or so invitations to these types of events annually, and due to my busy schedule, often I

FREEPIKTHE PHILIPPINE government must grant more incentives and strengthen its digital infrastructure to support the growth of startups, analysts said.“The (startup) ecosystem needs to offer compelling benefits to would-be startup founders for them to domicile in the Philippines,” Jay Fajardo,

PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCASTHE COURT of Tax Appeals (CTA) has granted NLEX Corp., a unit of Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC), a P3.8-million tax refund for local business taxes erroneously paid to the City of Valenzuela for taxable years 2012 to

ATOME.PHDIGITAL financial service platform Atome Financial said it secured as much as $200 million in syndicate credit facility, which will open up more financing in the Southeast Asian region.This would allow it to launch innovative personal finance products in key

1 of 3FOR CENTURIES, the apple has captured the world’s imagination. In several languages, the word apple has become a substitute for the idea of fruit itself: the French name for potato, pomme de terre, translates to “apple of the

FREEPIKMASTERCARD Philippines expects banks to begin integrating near-field communication (NFC) capabilities into their apps and cards by next year as contactless transactions continue to rise.“When I say tokenization, that is putting your card or payment credentials on your phone so

BW FILE PHOTOJOLLIBEE Foods Corp. (JFC) expects to finalize the S$20.2-million acquisition of Hong Kong-based restaurant Tim Ho Wan by January 2025, according to its chief financial officer (CFO).“Beginning January, this (Tim Ho Wan) brand and business of 80+ stores