PHILIPPINE INFLATION likely eased for a second straight month to a three-month low in June as lower oil and rice prices offset higher electricity rates, analysts said.

Agentic AI is now 10x faster and a fraction of the cost of human labor. A billing model built around hours of human time is no longer just inefficient — it is structurally incompatible with the ...

PHILIPPINE Business Bank, Inc. (PBB) saw its 2025 net profit climb by 6.4% on higher revenues and improved asset quality. The bank’s net income went up to P1.896 billion last year from P1.782 billion ...

TAN-LED Megaworld Corp. is adding around 51,000 square meters (sq.m.) of office space across projects in Bulacan, Bacolod, and Davao as the property developer bets on sustained office demand in ...

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it reached agreement with the pork industry to set a minimum farmgate price of P210 per kilogram for hogs on a liveweight basis. The floor price is designed to ...

THE Department of Transportation (DoTr) said civil works for the last two stations of the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) will start next year. “Civil works for the Tala Station and San Jose del ...

Transportation is an essential part of Filipinos’ daily lives, from going to work and school to transporting goods that fuel the economy. For 126 years, the Department of Transportation (DoTr) has ...

The Philippine economy likely slowed year on year in the first quarter, weighed down by weak household purchasing power, subdued government spending, fragile business confidence, and rising global ...

THE Philippine fish catch is declining by an average of 45,000 metric tons (MT) each year due to overfishing, illegal fishing, and weak enforcement of fisheries law, according to Oceana Philippines.

S&P GLOBAL RATINGS revised the Philippines’ credit outlook to “stable” from “positive,” citing risks to the country’s external and fiscal position from surging energy prices due to the Middle East ...

THE closure of Central Azucarera Don Pedro, Inc. (CADPI) in Nasugbu, Batangas, has left the province’s planters with limited facilities to mill about 15,000 tons of sugarcane, a farmers’ cooperative ...

HEADLINE INFLATION could surge past 8% this year if the Middle East conflict remains unresolved, which could push the Monetary Board to hike policy rates to up to 6%, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking ...