The Philippines is on track towards achieving growth in 2022 averaging 7.2 percent in terms of the gross domestic product, the World Bank said in the January 2023 iteration of its Global Economic Prospects report.
The Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) has convinced Malacañang to make permanent a soon-to-expire joint agreement making it easier for the telecommunications companies to build telco towers helping speed up the country’s drive towards the digitalization of transactions.
Philippine Business Bank said on Friday that the subscription to 125 million shares that were privately placed last year with the bank’s principal shareholders have been completed, setting up the second part of a plan to raise its authorized capital by P1.75 billion and increase lending activity.
San Miguel Corporation (SMC), through its Luzon Clean Water Development Corp. (LCWDC), will make available affordable water from the Angat reservoir to more than...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC), through its San Miguel Foundation (SMF), has expanded its community farming initiative Backyard Bukid to six sites nationwide, with plans to establish at least three new locations annually as part of a broader push to improve food access and support livelihoods in low-income communities.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Thursday reported that agricultural losses due to the southwest monsoon (habagat) and tropical cyclones Crising, Dante, and Emong have reached ₱454.12 million, based on the latest update from its Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Operations Center.
The budget deficit widened to P241.6 billion in June, up 15.6 percent from P209.1 billion last year as spending outpaced revenue growth, the Bureau of the Treasury said on Thursday.
Basic Energy Corp. is preparing to invest up to P300 million over the next two to three years to fund pre-development activities for its solar and wind energy projects, according to company president and CEO Oscar De Venecia Jr.