Business Mirror

1. Vista Land brings 2024 to a close with extraordinary milestones

   Vista Land caps off 2024 defined by milestones that solidify its position as the Philippines’ leading integrated property developer.

2. Billionaires, tech titans, presidents: A guide to who stood where at Trump’s inauguration

3. Rice inflation risks high, BSP cautioned

   A FORMER Deputy Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has offered a word of caution on the central bank’s plans to further ease monetary policy, saying that the “precarious rice situation” will not lead to slower inflation this year.

4. BOP in deficit for 3rd consecutive month, at $1.5-billion in December

   MEETING the country’s foreign debt obligations led the country’s balance of payments (BOP) to post a deficit for the third consecutive month, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

5. Economists weigh impact of Trump policies

   THE United States’ withdrawal from the Paris agreement would be the most harmful thing or decision to the Philippine economy among the slew of executive orders recently signed by President Trump, according to analysts.

6. BOI tweaks SIPP, promotes ‘education cities,’ branch campuses

   THE Board of Investments (BOI) said it has made key amendments to the 2022 Strategic Investment Priority Plan (SIPP) aimed at encouraging the establishment of education cities and branch campuses. This is seen to enable access to expertise from foreign education institutions.

7. Trump tariffs not key issue, but fuel uncertainty – Recto

   THE proposed China-specific tariffs of United States President Donald Trump are not concerning and might be more beneficial for the Philippines, according to Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto.

8. 75 percent of Pinoy CEOs trust AI’s integration into core business processes

   FILIPINO CEOs are more trusting of Artificial Intelligence (AI), with 75 percent trusting its integration into core business processes compared to the global average, according to PwC’s 28th Annual Global CEO Survey.

9. Amid uncertainties, Amro bullish on Asean economies

   ECONOMIES in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are expected to remain resilient amid the threat of higher tariffs to be imposed by the Trump administration in the United States, according to Asean+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (Amro) Chief Economist Hoe Ee Khor.

10. Governance, whose responsibility?

    “In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of.