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2024 Review: Unwrapping the Christmas haul

The Philippine Star

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January 06, 2025

The holidays are over. It's time to pack up the Christmas tree, bundle up your gifts and see which treasures are truly worth keeping.

- WILSON SY

2024 Review: Unwrapping the Christmas haul

Cocoa's sweet surprise

If Santa slipped chocolate into your stocking, don't devour it just yet. Cocoa prices surged by 172 percent, making it 2024's top-performing commodity. Poor harvests turned your holiday sweets into golden treats as cocoa prices soared past just about everything else on the board.

Bitcoin bonanza

Crypto investors who weathered Bitcoin's 64-percent drop in 2022 saw their patience pay off. It registered two straight years of triple-digit returns—up by 155 percent in 2023 and another 121 percent in 2024. Bitcoin exchange-traded funds became mainstream. Trump's return to the White House ignited hopes for more friendly regulations to promote crypto's wider adoption.

Coffee's roasting rally

That pricey morning latte just got pricier. Arabica coffee spiked by 67 percent to a four-decade high due to a severe drought in Brazil that cast doubt on next season's supply. Suddenly, those P160 Americanos feel like a bargain compared to what's brewing ahead.

Tech stocks bring cheer

PLUS D'HISTOIRES DE The Philippine Star

The Philippine Star

DOF pledges tighter oversight, transparency

The Department of Finance (DOF) reaffirmed its commitment to transparency and fiscal discipline amid rising public concerns over alleged corruption and misuse of government funds, vowing to ensure that every peso collected is spent responsibly.

time to read

1 mins

October 26, 2025

The Philippine Star

Cloudy, rainy weather expected across Phl

Scattered rains, thunderstorms and cloudy skies are expected to persist over several parts of the country until the end of October due to the combined effects of three weather systems, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.

time to read

1 min

October 26, 2025

The Philippine Star

BBM to DPWH: Slash construction material costs by 50%

With some construction materials for infrastructure projects obviously overpriced, President Marcos ordered the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) yesterday to reduce the standard cost for these items by as much as 50 percent to ensure public funds are properly spent.

time to read

2 mins

October 26, 2025

The Philippine Star

Angkas seeks support for entrepreneurs

Angkas founder and chief executive officer Angeline Tham has called on governments to strengthen support for local businesses and startups to ensure that digital transformation benefits developing economies and communities.

time to read

1 min

October 26, 2025

The Philippine Star

The Philippine Star

Phl opens market for Peru avocados

The Philippines has opened its market to fresh Hass avocados from Peru following the signing of a bilateral work plan between the government's crop development agency and the South American country’s agrarian health service.

time to read

1 mins

October 26, 2025

The Philippine Star

The Philippine Star

Lawyers in demand amid scandal-serye

So this is where we are since this flood control corruption scandal erupted — construction projects are down, infrastructure spending has slowed and luxury buyers have laid low.

time to read

3 mins

October 26, 2025

The Philippine Star

Team Phl bags 2nd gold

MANAMA - Charlie Ratcliff promised nothing less than a gold medal just days before she left for the 3rd Asian Youth Games here. She kept her promise.

time to read

2 mins

October 26, 2025

The Philippine Star

The Philippine Star

Beauty Addict Decoded - CELEBRATING 13 YEARS OF BEAUTY, INNOVATION, AND TIMELESS ELEGANCE AT RUSTAN'S

The future of beauty just dropped, and it's serving luxury with a side of innovation.

time to read

3 mins

October 26, 2025

The Philippine Star

Palace sees Christmas jailing of flood control suspects 'doable'

Placing the alleged perpetrators of the flood control anomalies behind bars by December or before Christmas is doable, Malacañang said yesterday, even as it maintained that rushing the filing of cases could lead to dismissals and finger pointing.

time to read

2 mins

October 26, 2025

The Philippine Star

The Philippine Star

Kanlaon erupts anew; ashfall hits barangays

A moderately explosive eruption occurred at Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island on Friday night, causing ashfall and sulfur stench in 15 barangays, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

time to read

2 mins

October 26, 2025

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