The Philippine government has opened bidding for major coal mining areas, including the strategic Semirara Island concession. The move introduces a competitive process ahead of the current contract’s 2027 expiration.
Nickel Asia Corp. reported a 312% surge in profits for 2025, driven by stronger nickel prices and higher export volumes. The results highlight the Philippines’ growing role in global nickel supply chains.
Only a united, sustained push from citizens, civil society, and business can force Congress to act on reforms that threaten entrenched political power.
A ₱500 Noche Buena may be framed as guidance, but the backlash reveals deeper concerns about dignity, hardship, and a government struggling to read the public’s economic reality.
The ICC ruling against Rodrigo Duterte dismantles the illusion of Sara Duterte’s political insulation, casting her not as a bystander but as an active factor in a global reckoning over justice, power and accountability.
A public break within a ruling dynasty tests whether Filipinos will see truth-telling against one’s own family as betrayal or a long-overdue reckoning.