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When not to revise the workers’ Code of Conduct
IN THE WORKPLACE
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Resilience is not policy: Why Filipino grit can't fix broken infrastructure
There is no shortage of stories celebrating Filipino resilience. After every storm, flood, or earthquake, we see familiar scenes: families wading through chest-deep waters while smiling for the cameras, neighbors sharing rice and coffee in candlelight, and children turning evacuation centers into playgrounds. It is a powerful image of courage and optimism, a cultural badge of honor.
5 min |
December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Knauf signs up to train construction workers
KNAUF GYPSUM Philippines, Inc. and the Department of Social Welfare and Development said they formalized a partnership aimed at expanding skills training and livelihood opportunities forconstruction workers in Calabarzon.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Economic impact of typhoons seen as ‘small, temporary’
NATURAL DISASTERS such as typhoons that bring flooding and landslides pose minimal and temporary risks to the Philippines’ economic growth, Capital Economics said.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Wikipedia seeking more AI licensing deals similar to Google tie-up, co-founder Jimmy Wales says
WIKIPEDIA is working with Big Tech on deals similar to its arrangement with Google, the online encyclopedia’s co-founder, Jimmy Wales, said on Wednesday, in a bid to help the firm monetize artificial intelligence (AI) companies’ heavy reliance on its content.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Flanked by business leaders, Macron meets Xi as EU prepares tougher trade rules
French President Emmanuel Macron met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, seeking stronger commercial ties, as the European Union (EU) prepares to toughen up its trade rules.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Have a spot of tea with Bantay and Muning
CHINESE MILK TEA brand Chagee, which brought the premium tea bar experience to the Philippines, has introduced a concept store that is inclusive not just to humans.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Doctor in Matthew Perry overdose case sentenced to 2-1/2 years
A California doctor was sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison on Wednesday for illegally supplying Friends sitcom star Matthew Perry with ketamine, the powerful sedative that caused the actor's drug overdose death in 2023.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
LME copper retreats from peak on firmer US dollar
Copper prices pulled back on Tuesday, pressured by a firmer dollar, lower risk appetite and as investors locked in profits from a rally to a record high touched in the previous session.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Netherlands-based data center Nebius leverages Microsoft, Meta contracts for AI expansion
Netherlands-based data center operator Nebius will leverage recent multibillion dollar contracts with Microsoft and Meta to build its business with traditional firms and emerging artificial intelligence (AI) companies that could be future tech titans, its co-founder said.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Chiefs-Cowboys most-watched regular-season game in history
THE GAME between the Kansas City Chiefs and host Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day drew in an NFL regular-season record audience of 57.23 million viewers on CBS, the network announced on Wednesday.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
ADB, WB to jointly support 20 projects across region
THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (WB) will jointly support more than 20 projects in partner countries, with the first two projects to benefit Tonga and Fiji.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Resilience is not policy: Why Filipino grit can’t fix broken infrastructure
There is no shortage of stories celebrating Filipino resilience. After every storm, flood, or earthquake, we see familiar scenes: families wading through chest-deep waters while smiling for the cameras, neighbors sharing rice and coffee in candlelight, and children turning evacuation centers into playgrounds. It is a powerful image of courage and optimism, a cultural badge of honor.
5 min |
December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
SEC's Lim sees stable regulation as key to closing investment gap
SECURITIES and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Francisco Ed. Lim said he considers stable regulation, continuity of operations, and upholding ESG (environmental, social, and governance) standards to hold the key to closing the Philippines’ investment deficit relative to its ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) neighbors.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Child deaths will rise this year as aid cuts reverse progress, says Gates
Around 200,000 more children will likely die before their fifth birthday this year than in 2024 as international aid cuts undermine decades of progress, the Gates Foundation said on Thursday.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
SEC’s Lim sees stable regulation as key to closing investment gap
SECURITIES and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Francisco Ed. Lim said he considers stable regulation, continuity of operations, and upholding ESG (environmental, social, and governance) standards to hold the key to closing the Philippines’ investment deficit relative to its ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) neighbors.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
SEC proposes tiered public ownership rules for IPO listings
THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released for public comment a draft memorandum circular proposing a tiered minimum public ownership framework for companies seeking to list shares on the stock exchange.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Oil prices rise as Moscow peace talks fail to reach breakthrough
Oil prices settled higher on Wednesday after the US and Russia failed to reach a deal to end the war in Ukraine that could have eased sanctions on Moscow's oil sector, though gains were held back by fears of oversupply.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
SC approves OSG’s move to re-enter case linked to Duterte’s ICC arrest
THE Supreme Court (SC) en bane has approved the Office of the Solicitor General’s (OSG) request to resume representing government respondents in the consolidated case involving former President Rodrigo R. Duterte, Senator Ronald M. Dela Rosa, and the Philippines’ cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Rice farmers expect irrigation delays to be costly
A DECISION by the National Irrigation Administration’s Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation System (UPRIIS) to postpone the release of irrigation water to March 2026 threatens the livelihoods of thousands of rice growers in Nueva Ecija and Tarlac, farmers said.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Aboitiz unit fined for labeling violation on imported goods in Vietnam
GOLD COIN Feed Mill Ha Nam Co. Ltd. (GCFHN), a food subsidiary of Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. (AEV), was fined by Vietnamese authorities for failing to include the required labels on imported products, the company said on Thursday.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
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COURTSIDE ANTHONY L. CUAYCONG
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Foreign rice suppliers warned against raising prices in PHL
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) warned foreign rice suppliers that a strong domestic harvest could upset any plans they may have of raising prices when shipments to the Philippines resume early next year.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Safeguards sought for classroom construction bill vs conflict of interest
A MEASURE that will authorize local government units and civil society organizations (CSO) to undertake classroom construction projects should include safeguards against potential corruption, a senator said.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Our own Trillion Peso Spring
The Philippines' political dynamics and institutions differ greatly from those of the key Arab Spring states.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
UST Growling Tigers' Cabañero set for pro stint as one of country's top collegiate players
THE KING TIGER is leaving the lair to strut his stuff in a tougher jungle of the professional world.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Peso sinks to P59 level again as growth concerns hit sentiment
THE PESO on Thursday sank to the P59 level against the dollar, hitting an over two-week low, as expectations of another rate cut from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) next week due to dimming economic growth prospects weighed on sentiment.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Karl-Anthony Towns continues dominant play as New York Knicks sting Charlotte Hornets
KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS posted another double-double by finishing with 35 points and 18 rebounds on Wednesday night for the host New York Knicks, who never trailed in a 119-104 win over the Charlotte Hornets.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Globe's ¥20-B loan positions company for 5G growth, BMI says
GLOBE Telecom, Inc.'s ¥20-billion loan signals the telecommunications company's improved debt servicing capacity and positions it to capture growth in 5G, according to a study by BMI, a unit of Fitch Solutions.
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December 05, 2025
Business World Philippines
Chelsea loses ground at Premier League top with 3-1 loss at Leeds
Chelsea’s Premier League title hopes suffered a major setback with a humbling 3-1 defeat at Leeds United on Wednesday, which lifted the host out of the relegation zone.
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