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SM Prime: Shaping a decarbonized future for malls
With the 30 th Conference of the Parties (COP30) taking place in Belem, Brazil, this November, the momentum to focus on lasting solutions for the planet’s climate crises comes at its most critical time.
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November 26, 2025
Business World Philippines
Eagles collapse
There’s no question that the Eagles’ 24-21 defeat to the Cowboys will linger. Up three touchdowns on the road and firmly in command, they lost their grip on the game for all the wrong reasons. Theirs was a collapse that revealed tactical shortcomings and, more critically, fundamental fragilities.
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November 26, 2025
Business World Philippines
PHL navy says 30 Chinese ships monitored in South China Sea
THIRTY CHINESE navy and coast guard ships were monitored at contested features in the South China Sea on Monday, a Philippine Navy spokesman said on Tuesday, as China remains increasingly coercive in the disputed waterway.
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November 26, 2025
Business World Philippines
SMGP eyes P17.7-B offshore debt issuance
SAN MIGUEL Global Power Holdings Corp. (SMGP), the power generation unit of conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC), is returning to the offshore debt market with approval to issue $300 million (P17.67 billion) in senior perpetual capital securities.
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November 26, 2025
Business World Philippines
San Francisco 49ers overcome quarterback Brock Purdy’s picks to shut down Carolina Panthers, 20-9
CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY ran for 89 yards and a touchdown (TD) and the San Francisco 49ers overcame a horrible first-half stretch from quarterback Brock Purdy to beat the Carolina Panthers, 20-9, on Monday night in Santa Clara, California.
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November 26, 2025
Business World Philippines
Does art have a place in business?
Japanese ink maker sells off Monet, Renoir paintings as activists circle
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November 26, 2025
Business World Philippines
DFA still verifying arrest of ex-Spox Roque
THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is still verifying reports claiming former Presidential Spokesman Herminio “Harry” L. Roque has been arrested in the Netherlands, where he is seeking political asylum.
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November 26, 2025
Business World Philippines
Telcos set for modest full-year gains — analysts
PHILIPPINE telecommunications companies (telcos) are expected to post modest full-year growth despite softer nine-month results, with seasonal demand and continued mobile data and broadband usage providing support, though performance is expected to vary across players, analysts said.
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November 26, 2025
Business World Philippines
Constant reinvention key to Timezone’s success as national arcade chain
TIMEZONE PHILIPPINES is urging smaller businesses to keep experimenting and pushing forward — a message rooted in its own 26-year history of learning, missteps and steady reinvention.
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November 26, 2025
Business World Philippines
Gold rises over 1% on Fed cut hopes, US data
GOLD PRICES rose more than 1% on Monday, supported by growing expectations of a US Federal Reserve interest rate cut next month and ahead of fresh US economic data for further clues on the monetary policy.
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November 26, 2025
Business World Philippines
China launches Shenzhou-22 mission to Tiangong space station
China’s Shenzhou-22 mission blasted off on Tuesday as the country looks to plug safety risks to its crewed spaceflight program and space station after a vessel was damaged in orbit earlier this month.
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November 26, 2025
Business World Philippines
First complex energy efficiency project eligible for CREATE MORE incentives registered with BoI
THE Board of Investments (Bol) has approved the registration of Philippine DCS Development Corp’s (PDDC) complex energy efficiency (EE) project worth P400 million.
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November 26, 2025
Business World Philippines
Ex-Rep. Zaldy Co accuses Pres. Marcos’ son of P50B worth of budget insertions
ARESIGNED lawmaker at the center of a brewing political scandal has accused President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr’s son of “inserting” about P50 billion into national budgets over the past three years, widening the circle of influential politicians implicated in the controversy gripping the Philippines
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November 26, 2025
Business World Philippines
Pork MAV 2026 allocation system under review as quota application period draws to a close
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is reviewing pork allocations for 2026, and has frozen applications for minimum access volume (MAV) quotas while the new policy is worked out.
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November 26, 2025
Business World Philippines
PICPA's 80th Annual National Convention: A Grand Celebration of Excellence, Innovation, and Community
THE PHILIPPINE Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) celebrated its landmark 80th Annual National Convention (ANC) from November 16 to 19, 2025, at the SMX Convention Center and Century Park Hotel. The event brought together over 6,000 CPAs for a dynamic program blending technical excellence, leadership, entertainment, and camaraderie.
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November 26, 2025
Business World Philippines
Ayala Corp. wins innovative treasury award for sustainability-focused financing
AYALA CORP. has been recognized with the Most Innovative Treasury Award at the 2025 Corporate Treasurer Awards for financing deals that support both sustainability and business growth initiatives.
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November 26, 2025
Business World Philippines
BDO looking to issue five-year dollar bonds
BDO UNIBANK, INC. is planning to issue five-year dollar-denominated bonds, it said on Monday.
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November 25, 2025
Business World Philippines
S&P, AMRO cut growth forecasts
S&P GLOBAL RATINGS and the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) slashed its Philippine growth projections this year and in 2026, following the slower-thanexpected growth in the third quarter.
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November 25, 2025
Business World Philippines
Philippines mulls rate cut to spur demand as scandal hits growth
THE PHILIPPINE central bank will consider another reduction in the benchmark interest rate next month to spur demand, its top official said, after the economy was hit by an ongoing corruption scandal.
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November 25, 2025
Business World Philippines
Peso slips vs the dollar on possible yen intervention
THE PESO slipped against the dollar on Monday to track the sideways movement among regional currencies led by the yen amid signals of more proactive intervention from Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration.
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November 25, 2025
Business World Philippines
CIP unit eyes P30.5-B wind power project in Nueva Ecija
DENMARK’S Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), a global investor in renewable energy infrastructure, is proposing to build a 300-megawatt (MW) onshore wind farm in Nueva Ecija with an estimated cost of P30.5 billion.
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November 25, 2025
Business World Philippines
Of useful ghosts and all-girls school
FOR THIS edition of the QCinema International Film Festival, Business-World was able to catch the winning films of two of the festival’s competition categories: Thai film A Useful Ghost by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, winner of Asian Next Wave, and Singaporean film Amoeba by Siyou Tan, winner of New Horizons. The 3rd category, RainbowQC for LGBTQ films was won by Diego Céspedes’ The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo.
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November 25, 2025
Business World Philippines
BIR suspends all audit operations
THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has ordered the immediate suspension of its audit operations, after complaints over the misuse of letters of authority (LOA).
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November 25, 2025
Business World Philippines
Treasury hikes T-bill award as yields end mixed
THE GOVERNMENT upsized the Treasury bills (T-bills) it awarded on Monday, with the tenors fetching mixed yields amid higher demand for longer-tenored investments as players adjust their portfolios before the yearend.
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November 25, 2025
Business World Philippines
Coalition plans second anti-graft rally on Nov. 30
LEADERS of a broad anti-corruption coalition on Monday said their campaign is not meant to destabilize or unseat the Marcos administration, as they announced plans for a second nationwide protest on Nov. 30, Bonifacio Day.
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November 25, 2025
Business World Philippines
QCinema 2025 and what it means to be a Creative City of Film
THE QCINEMA International Film Festival ended this week, its theme “Film City” celebrating Quezon City’s (QC) recent designation as a UNESCO Creative City of Film.
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November 25, 2025
Business World Philippines
ENEX gets SEC nod for capital stock increase
ENEX ENERGY CORP., a subsidiary of Ayala-led ACEN Corp., has secured approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise its authorized capital stock, enabling the company to access additional funding.
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November 25, 2025
Business World Philippines
When tax audits become extortion: Why the Philippines must fix the LoA system now
ON NOV. 17, during the Senate plenary deliberations on the proposed 2026 national budget, Senate Deputy Majority Leader JV Ejercito sounded the alarm over the alleged \"weaponization\" of Letters of Authority (LoA) by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), saying the issuance of LoAs is now being used as a tool for corruption.
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November 25, 2025
Business World Philippines
Asian Terminals Q3 income dips on higher expenses
LISTED port operator Asian Terminals, Inc. (ATI) reported a 4.26% decline in third-quarter (Q3) attributable net income to P1.35 billion, citing higher expenses during the period.
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November 25, 2025
Business World Philippines
Marcos says 7 people linked to flood control scandal now in state custody
PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. said seven people wanted in connection with anomalies in government flood control projects are now under state custody, as his administration seeks to show concrete progress in its widening anti-corruption crackdown.
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