Friday, December 27, 2024

Spotlight

Phoenix: Diversified business portfolio key to surviving COVID pandemic

The global COVID-19 pandemic is proving to be one of the most challenging times for businesses especially in the oil and gas industry, which some analysts consider at the losing end of the crisis. However, leading independent energy company Phoenix is bucking the trend and overcoming the challenges because of...

Phoenix displays resiliency amid COVID challenges

Despite severe challenges posed by the global COVID-19 pandemic that marked the first quarter of 2020, Phoenix Petroleum is the only energy company that remained relatively unscathed compared with other publicly listed oil companies. The leading and biggest independent oil player registered a gross profit of P1.7 billion on...

OMG! It’s Onigiri From FamilyMart: The Perfect Food On-The-Go

FamilyMart Philippines brings more authentic flavors of Japan for everyday enjoyment of Filipinos with its latest food offering—the original, on-the-go Japanese creation called onigiri. This popular and well-loved food item is iconic for its handy triangular shape, made with a scoop of scrumptious sushi rice enveloped by crispy nori. Inside...

Building a safer digital marketplace for Filipinos

Despite the number of mobile wallet users increasing over the years, a large portion of Filipino consumers still remain skeptical of the technology, fearing identity theft or even credit card fraud. According to The Nilson Report, a US-based research agency for news and analysis of the global card and mobile...

The digital path to financial wellness

Filipinos, it would seem, are bad savers. We spend conspicuously on everything—from dining out and watching movies to incessantly shopping online—yet many attest to family and friends that they actually live from paycheck to paycheck.  The numbers and data don’t lie either. The World Bank’s 2017 Global Findex Database affirmed...