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Another record-high exports of coconuts expected this year
Coconut exports this year may surpass the $3.57 billion record high set in 2025 despite production being weighed down by the incoming El Niño weather event, an official of the Philippine Coconut Authority said.
Read more →Ayala extends FTSE4Good Index Series inclusion for 12th straight year
Ayala Corp., the country’s oldest conglomerate, continues to cement its position as a leader in environmental, social and governance (ESG), maintaining its spot in the FTSE4Good Index Series for the 12th consecutive year.
Read more →Central bank walks tightrope
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) entered 2026 with a hard-earned policy cushion: inflation had fallen below target, banks remained strong and monetary authorities had spent the previous year easing borrowing costs to help support demand.
Read more →DA central platform consolidates farm data
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched a centralized digital platform designed to consolidate the nation’s farm data and streamline the release of government subsidies.
Read more →Easecox donates P1.25 million to Laguna public schools
Easecox International Group Philippines has raised and donated P1.25 million to improve educational and hygiene facilities for over 600 public school students in Laguna. The funding was generated through the company’s annual Aroma Master Course, a charity-driven educational program where proceeds beyond operational costs are directed toward community development initiatives.
Read more →Faster transition to stricter steel rebar standards urged
The Philippine Iron and Steel Institute (PISI) urged the Department of Trade and Industry to shorten the transition to mandatory implementation of stricter standards on deformed steel bars to ensure the safety of buildings in the country against earthquakes.
Read more →Four months into energy emergency – now what?
What was expected to be just another day at the end of February became the beginning of a crisis that would ripple far beyond the Middle East.
Read more →Government borrowings swell on global bond issue
The Marcos administration’s gross borrowings more than doubled in June, driven by higher domestic debt and a global bond sale, bringing the first-half total to P1.82 trillion, data from the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) showed.
Read more →Government infrastructure spending extends decline in May
Government infrastructure spending plunged by 35.3 percent in May as stricter vetting of payment claims and paperwork for contractors stalled disbursements, particularly for the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), nearly a year after the flood-control corruption scandal erupted.
Read more →Government scrambles to respond to looming El Niño
The country is once again facing another El Niño episode this year, this time hitting even more harder than the last, bringing little rains that would dry up fields and drain water reservoirs.
Read more →Headwinds cloud Philippines economy in H1
Challenging. That was how the first half unfolded for the economy, marked by slower growth and higher inflation amid domestic and external headwinds.
Read more →Inside Philippine’s energy transition
A quick scroll through social media reveals a familiar scene: frustrated Filipinos posting photos of their soaring electricity bills.
Read more →Listed firms rise above the challenges
Resiliency amid adversity. That has been the defining story for Philippine-listed companies in the first half.
Read more →Ocean economy grows to over P1 trillion last year
The country’s ocean-based industries expanded by 5.3 percent in 2025, driven by stronger contributions from fishing activities and marine equipment manufacturing.
Read more →Philippines gears up for first natural gas auction
The government is moving to launch the Philippines’ first auction for mid-merit natural gas capacity this year to strengthen grid reliability amid the expected influx of renewable energy.
Read more →Philippines plugs scandals with fiscal fixes
Almost a year after President Marcos scolded corrupt officials with a blunt “Mahiya naman kayo” as floodwaters swallowed towns and ghost projects surfaced, the government is still patching holes with new oversight tools, but watchdogs insist deeper reforms are overdue.
Read more →The cost of confidence
At the launch of “Risk and Resilience in the Philippine Financial System: How Much Has Changed?
Read more →Turning insights into impact: Why data-driven communications is a business imperative
Long before “data-driven” became a business buzzword, strategic communications firm Comm&Sense Inc. had already built its practice around this core approach: the most effective communication begins with evidence, not assumptions.
Read more →Where truth shines in business
In this era of misinformation and disinformation, untruths and half-truths and outright fake news, the challenge is no longer gathering information – it is discerning what is true.
Read more →AMLC maps agenda ahead of FATF review
For newly appointed Anti-Money Laundering Council executive director Ronel Buenaventura, the next test of the Philippines’ financial crime defenses will not simply be whether reforms remain written into regulations.
Read more →Bankers highlight governance, integrity, resilience in BSP summit
The heads of the country’s biggest banks highlighted the importance of governance, integrity and financial resilience during a summit organized by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
Read more →Barking up the wrong tree
With heavy rainfall and flooding once again affecting communities, the public is being reminded of an unresolved question:
Read more →BPI to pilot stablecoin rails for cross-border payroll
The Bank of the Philippine Islands is testing a faster and cheaper way to send money into the country using stablecoin-based settlement rails to streamline cross-border payroll for freelancers and other workers paid from abroad.
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