The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Thursday confirmed that the Philippines has held on to its investment-grade credit rating of “BBB+” with a stable outlook, as reaffirmed by S&P Global Ratings. The rating outlook was revised from “positive” to “stable” due to the ripple effects of the ongoing Middle East conflict on the global economy.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pushing for the creation of an “umbrella mutual fund” to make investing easier and help grow the country’s capital markets.
The Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) is pushing a coordinated set of measures to protect jobs and speed up workforce transformation as global economic uncertainty weighs on employment prospects.
AC Mobility said the shift to electric mobility in the Philippines is gathering pace as the company ramps up investments in infrastructure critical to supporting broader electric vehicle (EV) adoption.
The decision to scrap the Revitalizing the Automotive Industry for Competitiveness Enhancement (RACE) program has drawn a measured response from Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. (TMP), the country’s largest vehicle assembler, which had been preparing for the initiative’s rollout as early as last year.
The United Sugar Producers’ Federation of the Philippines (Unifed) has called on the government to immediately carry out cloud seeding operations as dry conditions linked to a possible El Niño begin to affect crops.
A foreign renewable energy developer, Levanta Renewables, has awarded an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to China Energy Engineering Group for a solar power project in Iloilo.
Metro Pacific Health Tech Corp., owner of the health app mWell, is attracting attention from numerous investors, even separate from Metro Pacific Hospitals, its parent company.