MANILA, Philippines — GCash operator Mynt Inc.’s early stock market slump has made its shares more attractive, but stronger earnings could be needed to drive a recovery, according to COL Financial chief equity strategist April Lee-Tan. Tan said the company’s fundamentals remained strong despite the pullback, pointing to COL’s P8-per-share target price in its initiating coverage

MANILA, Philippines — The country’s economic zone in Casiguran, Aurora, is seeking to attract Canadian investments in critical infrastructure, clean energy and defense manufacturing, capitalizing on opportunities under Ottawa’s P105-billion Indo-Pacific program. The Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (Apeco) is pitching these opportunities to Canadian businesses through investment roadshows in Montreal and Calgary this

MANILA, Philippines — Even if the Philippines succeeds in attracting some of the world’s biggest technology companies to its Pax Silica hub, the United States-backed project may not necessarily move the country into higher-value segments of the semiconductor industry, according to a University of the Philippines (UP) study. The government has identified Apple, Nvidia, Taiwan Semiconductor

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Energy (DOE) is prepared to fight to keep the asset-surrender provision, as the Consunji Group floated the possibility of challenging the rule in court. “Yes, we are,” Energy Secretary Sharon Garin told reporters recently when asked about the agency’s readiness to defend its joint administrative order with the Department of

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Finance (DOF) is studying the possible removal of the tax exemption on imported packages worth less than P10,000, known as the “de minimis” rule, as the government seeks to plug revenue losses and level the playing field for local manufacturers. Finance Undersecretary Karlo Fermin Adriano told reporters that the exemption

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