Coco Martin brings the vibrant Sinulog spirit to life at his mall show in SM City Cebu.Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) brought extra excitement to this year’s Sinulog celebration by welcoming Coco Martin to Cebu City during the festival weekend. Through

PHILIPPINE STAR/WALTER BOLLOZOSBy Almira Louise S. Martinez, Reporter The Philippines may experience an economic slowdown fueled by the low proficiency levels of students, as literacy rates in both local and international assessments decline. “A decline in literacy weakens human capital, lowers workers’ ability to

GOOGLE AI STUDIOMultinational technology firm Google announced on Thursday a major update to its artificial intelligence (AI) model, Gemini, where users even beginners, can begin developing software through the new Google AI Studio. ​In a statement, the tech company said that

Finance Secretary Frederick D. Go — COURTESY OF DEPARTMENT OF FINANCETHE BUREAU of Internal Revenue (BIR) may resume the issuance of letters of authority (LoA) within the first quarter, as the agency seeks to boost revenue collection. Finance Secretary Frederick D.

Solar panels are seen in Batangas in this file photo. — PHILIPPINE STAR/NOEL B. PABALATEBy Sheldeen Joy Talavera, Reporter THE PHILIPPINES may not be able to hit its renewable energy (RE) targets on time due to grid constraints and challenges in

A farmer dries rice grains on a road in Baliuag, Bulacan in this file photo. — PHILIPPINE STAR/KJ ROSALESBy Vonn Andrei E. Villamiel RICE MILLERS have committed to raising their buying prices for both wet and dry palay (unmilled rice), while

STOCK PHOTO | Image by David Dvořáček from UnsplashBy Katherine K. Chan, Reporter DIGITAL PAYMENTS in the Philippines continued to grow in 2025 as transfers made through InstaPay and PESONet amounted to P24.745 trillion last year. Data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas