Global payments leader Visa is rolling out Visa Pay, a new service that lets consumers use their phones to make purchases via NFC-enabled point-of-sale terminals—whether shopping in-store or online, here or abroad. Read more »
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has officially launched direct flights between Manila and Da Nang, Vietnam, further expanding its international network. Read more »
The Philippines and Lithuania have formally expanded their military ties with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on June 30, 2025, in Makati City. Read more »
Workers in Metro Manila will receive a ?50 increase in their daily minimum wage after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board–National Capital Region (RTWPB-NCR) approved Wage Order No. NCR-26. Read more »
Mark Kennedy Bantugon, a Filipino engineer, is making waves on the global stage with a breakthrough invention that transforms agricultural waste into a high-performance industrial product. Read more »
As of June 30, 2025, SIPCOR has already restored 10 of its 12 generating units, delivering enough capacity to meet the island’s power demand. Siquijor's power troubles may now lie in the distribution side, which PROSIELCO, the provincial electric cooperative, handles. Read more »
