Onions are for sale at a supermarket in Quezon City, Jan. 16. — PHILIPPINE STAR/MIGUEL DE GUZMAN HEADLINE INFLATION likely settled within the 7.5% to 8.3% range in January due to a rise in power and water rates, and higher pump

A woman fixes the display of Chinese lanterns at a mall in Manila. — PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBAN THE INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) kept its growth projection of 5% for the Philippines this year, even as it slashed the forecast for the

A Philippine flag flutters in the air at the Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan City in this file photo. — PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCAS By Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, Reporter THE PHILIPPINES saw its ranking improve one spot in a global corruption index by

Bank clients withdraw money from automated teller machines in Makati, Metro Manila, Aug. 2, 2016. — REUTERS By Keisha B. Ta-asan, Reporter GROWTH in bank lending slowed in December, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed, reflecting the impact of

LOMBARDI A TOTAL of 14 groups have shown interest in the 165-megawatt Casecnan hydroelectric power plant in Nueva Ecija that the government plans to sell to the private sector, state-led Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) said on Tuesday. Dennis

MAKASSAR Port Container Terminal in Indonesia — ICTSI.COM LISTED port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) announced on Tuesday that it had ended its operations at the Makassar Container Terminal in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. ICTSI and state-owned PT Pelabuhan Indonesia IV

THE Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) said that a total of 222,221 customers of Maynilad Water Services, Inc. affected by the water service interruptions in areas served by the concessionaire’s Putatan water treatment plants will receive a rebate. In a

GLOBE Telecom, Inc. has completed pilot deployments of the first multi-beam, multi-band lens antenna technology aimed at improving customer service, the company announced on Tuesday. According to the company, the new solution was invented by MatSing Ltd. and implemented by IBMS

A SCREENSHOT from Mark Inducil’s Epiphany. AFTER one year online and another in a hybrid set up, Art Fair Philippines celebrates its 10th year with its return to The Link carpark in Makati City on Feb. 17 to 19. Last year, the