Malaya Business Insight

The Malaya, or Malaya Business Insight, is a major broadsheet newspaper based in the Philippines. Its headquarters are located in Intramuros, Manila, and it is owned by People's Independent Media Inc. This newspaper is recognized for its role in opposing the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos.

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Singapore affirms support for PH Asean initiatives ahead of 2026 Summit

2 days ago | malaya.com.ph | Angela Celis

Singapore is ready to fully support the Philippines in advancing key regional initiatives when it leads the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) next year, the Department of Finance (DOF) said late Sunday.
Govt Q1 debt payments drop 65% on lower amortization

3 days ago | malaya.com.ph | Angela Celis

DEBT payments by the national government fell by a steep 65.31 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, due largely to lower amortization, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) reported. Data posted on the BTr website as of Sunday showed debt payments in the first three months of 2025 stood at P342.023 billion, compared with P986.036 billion in January to March 2024. Amortization dropped 87.26 percent to P101.022 billion from P793.044 billion in the comparable period.
GDP Q1 GROWTH EASES TO 5.4%

6 days ago | malaya.com.ph | Angela Celis

THE Philippine economy grew 5.4 percent in the first quarter of 2025, slowing from 5.9 percent a year earlier, but still outperformed other economies in Asia, official data showed on Thursday. The pace of expansion in the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in January to March as reported by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) stood below the government’s assumption of 6 percent to 8 percent for full-year 2025.
First Gen, PSE renew 5.1 MW green energy supply deal

6 days ago | malaya.com.ph | Jed Macapagal

First Gen Corp. said it has renewed its green energy supply deal with the Philippine Stock Exchange at One Bonifacio High Street Condominium Corp. (PSE-OBHS). In a statement on Thursday, First Gen said its renewable energy (RE) supply to the PSE will come from a power plant in Leyte owned and operated by Energy Development Corp., which is a subsidiary of First Gen. PSE-OBHS manages the Philippine Stock Exchange Tower in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.
ACEN Q1 net income down 28% on lower output, WESM price

6 days ago | malaya.com.ph | Jed Macapagal

Renewable energy exponent ACEN Corporation posted a 28 percent drop in consolidated net income to P1.95 billion for the first quarter of the year, compared with P2.72 billion in the year-earlier period. In a statement on Thursday, the company said the lower income resulted from the decrease in generation and lower prices on the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market in the Philippines.
OceanaGold Q1 net income drops 35.7% on lower Didipio mine output

6 days ago | malaya.com.ph | Jed Macapagal

Publicly listed OceanaGold (Philippines) Inc. booked a 35.7-percent slump in net income for the first quarter of 2025 from a year earlier, the mining company said on Thursday. It said its net income fell to $7.4 million in the January-March quarter from $11.5 million in the year-earlier period. Revenues declined 13.9 percent to $79.3 million from $92.1 million in the first quarter of 2024. Gold output dropped 22 percent to 20,600 ounces from 26,300 ounces.
From kitchen tables to digital marketplaces: How Iskaparate is transforming motherhood into entrepreneurial power

6 days ago | malaya.com.ph | Nikki Limlengco

When Josefina “Josie” R. Natividad steps into her role as President and COO of Iskaparate.com each day, she’s helping steer a digital marketplace that began with just 33 nanays and has now grown to serve over 3,000 vendors. The platform, born during the height of the pandemic, offers small-scale entrepreneurs—particularly mothers—a lifeline when traditional markets closed and mobility became restricted.
Travel without limits: Toujours makes journey dreams come true for all

1 week ago | malaya.com.ph | Nikki Limlengco

In a world where travel experiences often exclude those with mobility challenges, one boutique agencyis rewriting the rules of inclusive vacationing. Toujours Travel and Tours—French for “always”—lives upto its promise that truly no one gets left behind. The brainchild of two passionate travelers, Abigail Mae Fuentes Selma and Jhona May Biscarra,Toujours began as a virtual operation in 2024 before incorporating as SelCarra Global Corporation inFebruary 2025.
PH MAY GROW INTO $2T ECONOMY BY 2050 — DEPDev’s BALISACAN - Malaya Business Insight

1 week ago | malaya.com.ph | Angela Celis

THE Philippines has the potential to become a $2 trillion economy by 2050 in a transformation engineered by strategic government intervention and reform, the secretary for the Department of Economy, Planning and Development (DEPDev) said.
JOBLESS RATE 3.9% IN MARCH, UP FROM FEB, STEADY ON-YR

1 week ago | malaya.com.ph | Angela Celis

The Philippine unemployment rate stood at 3.9 percent in March, up slightly from 3.8 percent in February but steady in March last year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday. Underemployment, however, jumped to 13.4 percent in March from 10.1 percent in February and 11 percent in the year-earlier period, PSA data showed. The underemployment rate in March 2025 is the highest since April 2024’s 14.6 percent.