Meat importers say foreign exchange losses and ongoing port congestion are major challenges this year, prompting calls for government action to prevent supply disruptions and price pressures.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is stepping up efforts to boost exports of other high-value food crops by replicating the strategies that helped revive the country’s banana industry, which posted strong export growth last year.

The Philippines’ agricultural trade deficit narrowed sharply in December, buoyed by a strong rebound in farm exports and a pullback in imports, offering a late-year boost to the country’s external trade position.

The National Dairy Authority (NDA) reported a significant increase in the value and output of the country’s dairy sector in 2025. The total value of dairy production rose 27.7 percent to P1.667 billion, up from P1.305 billion in 2024, while milk production grew 12 percent, reaching 43.3 million liters.

San Miguel Food and Beverage Corp. has elected former Transportation Secretary and aviation veteran Jaime J. Bautista as its newest independent director, effective February 6. Bautista, 68, will serve the unexpired term of Ferdinand K. Constantino, who resigned as director and treasurer at the end of January.

Home Credit Philippines has partnered with SM Appliance Center to roll out Grand Pay Hulugan, a limited-time promo aimed at helping more Filipino families buy essential home appliances through lower prices and easier payment options.

LBC Express has further cemented its standing as a leader in Philippine logistics after being named a Top Deconsolidator by the Bureau of Customs–Manila International Container Port for 2025, marking its ninth consecutive year receiving the distinction.

Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., the country’s 6th largest lender by assets, strengthened its presence in the regional fintech spotlight as it joined high-level conversations at the Money20/20 Asia PH Summit, one of the Asia-Pacific region’s most influential gatherings for financial innovation. 

Filinvest Development Corp. is formalizing its transition to low-carbon operations, setting a 2040 net-zero emissions target and placing renewable energy at the center of the strategy. 

Disaster response made up the largest part of San Miguel Foundation’s activities in 2025 as the country faced a series of major calamities, the foundation said.

SM Investments Corporation has become the first Philippine conglomerate to complete enterprise-wide training on GeoRiskPH, a suite of science-based digital tools designed to pinpoint location-specific vulnerabilities and strengthen resilience against disasters and climate change.

Converge ICT Solutions Inc. carried out an environmental and health outreach activity for an Aeta community in Angeles City, Pampanga, combining watershed reforestation with medical services.

Qualcomm shares fell Thursday as investors reacted to warnings that industry-wide memory supply constraints are hurting the company’s near-term handset outlook, overshadowing record quarterly revenue and a confident long-term strategy.

First Metro Securities Brokerage Corporation (FirstMetroSec) has launched Active Trader, a new trading interface under its FirstMetroSec PRO platform, as part of its ongoing push to strengthen its digital trading ecosystem amid increasingly active market conditions.

Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) has filed a petition with the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) to voluntarily delist its shares, setting April 3 as the target exit date, following a strategic investment by the country’s sovereign wealth fund.

Shares of Oracle Corp. ended lower Monday after the company unveiled plans to raise up to USD50 billion in debt and equity to expand its cloud infrastructure, reviving market concerns that returns from its artificial intelligence investments may take years to materialize.

Amid escalating US-China trade tensions and renewed tariff uncertainty from Washington, EMS Group of Companies is expanding production, accelerating its push into artificial intelligence hardware, and positioning the Philippines as an increasingly strategic alternative manufacturing base for global electronics firms.

For three decades, the Aboitiz Group has been quietly building a real estate portfolio that spans homes, offices, and commercial spaces. But in recent years, it has made a deliberate pivot away from crowded residential battlegrounds toward a less glamorous, far more strategic corner of the market: industrial development. The bet is simple but bold—build where factories, logistics, and infrastructure go first, and let communities grow organically around them.

In an exclusive interview with Context.PH, SteelAsia chairman and chief executive officer Benjamin Yao laid out a vision that goes beyond growth targets and capacity figures. At stake, he said, is nothing less than the country’s industrial future.

Boeing Co has embarked on deeper-than-expected cuts in its strategy ranks, halving the number of planners working within key divisions as it refocuses energies on tackling industrial pressures, people familiar with the matter said.