The country’s balance of payments (BOP) — the measure of all economic transactions between the country and the rest of the world, and essentially what remains after foreign earnings are offset against external obligations and outlays — recorded a deficit of US$5.3 billion in the first quarter of 2026.
The Philippine women’s beach handball team arrived in Croatia grateful simply to be in the main draw. A few days later, the Amigas found themselves celebrating a victory that belonged in the sport’s growing catalogue of improbable upsets.
Monde M.Y. San Corp. is investing more than P5 billion in a new manufacturing facility inside a Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) ecozone, reinforcing confidence in the country's manufacturing sector despite a challenging global business environment.
Cebu Pacific (CEB) has launched the new OFW Facilitation Center at Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) Terminal 2, aimed at making essential travel and government services easier to access for overseas Filipino workers before departure and upon arrival.
Philippine Blockchain Week 2026 opened on June 19 at SMX Convention Center with the "Future of Trust: A Leaders Forum on Technology and Governance". The event gathered senior officials from government agencies, regulatory bodies, financial institutions, telecommunications firms, cybersecurity experts and technology organizations to discuss how technology can strengthen public trust and become national infrastructure.
The Department of Tourism (DOT) is giving domestic travel a fresh playbook. Instead of simply telling Filipinos where to go, it is asking its regional offices to create reasons to visit—and reasons to return.