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The social commerce platform blocked 208 million illicit listings over twelve months as regulators increase oversight of online marketplaces ahead of year-end sales.
Tax Commissioner Charlito Martin Mendoza paused the mandate indefinitely amid privacy risks and red tape concerns.
Founders Dennis Anthony and Maria Grace Uy push fiber into provincial hubs and open a 12-megawatt data center in Angeles City.
Founded with a 10,000-peso donation, the social enterprise grew to 900 weavers before confronting a cash crisis.
Mynt targets 34 million unborrowed e-wallet users as consumer credit expands to 41.8 percent of company revenue.
Non-performing card balances outpaced overall lending growth between March and June, rising 11.8 per cent across commercial bank portfolios.
Transactions using QR codes and bank transfers surged 198 percent as digital wallets plateaued at 3 percent growth.
Seawater surges into the Acacia mine at 30,000 cubic meters an hour, cutting output by 40 percent ahead of a disputed state contract auction.
Around 100 survivors of Typhoon Rai in the Philippines have also filed a lawsuit against the British energy giant in London.
A Global Anti-Scam Alliance survey shows only 29 percent of defrauded Filipinos file reports, hampering law enforcement efforts across digital payment networks.
Philippine household consumption growth dropped to 1.9% in the second quarter as 7.2% inflation and higher borrowing costs pinched family budgets.
Built at the automaker’s Laguna plant, the Class 1 vehicle features Wi-Fi connectivity and targets routes outside major cities.
State auditors found the lender released credit without inspecting project sites, leaving 61.4 percent of its infrastructure contractor portfolio in default.
Australian software group Canva appointed former Bukalapak chief executive Willix Halim to run its South-east Asian operations as regional recurring revenue triples.
The Department of Energy will auction 3,840 megawatts of mid-merit gas capacity across Luzon and Visayas, locking utilities into long-term contracts despite imported fuel price risks.
The operator of Angel’s Pizza and Figaro Coffee will offer minority shareholders P0.82 per share to take the restaurant group private after less than five years on the market.
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