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BPI rewards stockholders with property dividends

171-year old Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has rewarded shareholders with property dividends.

Dollar bond valuation adjustments pull San Miguel income down 44% in 2022

Unrealized losses arising from valuation adjustments of its foreign currency-denominated long-term debt helped the conglomerate San Miguel Corp. to report its 2022 income falling 44 percent to only P26.76 billion from P48.15 billion in 2021.

Jollibee income hits P7.55 billion in 2022

Fast food giant Jollibee Foods Corp. on Thursday reported net income last year rising 26 percent to P7.55 billion from previous year’s P5.5 billion, despite weaker fourth-quarter profits. 

Aboitiz group launches tech-assisted pilot program helping farmers optimize produce

The Aboitiz group on Thursday launched a pilot cold storage unit in Mankayan, Benguet called Fresh Depot which aims to help farmers manage their farm produce and optimize crop yield.

PLDT, in role reversal, acquiring Sky Cable Corp. for P6.75B

PLDT Inc. is acquiring the cable unit of ABS-CBN Corp. for P6.75 billion six months after the parties mutually agreed to terminate an earlier aborted multibillion-peso transaction. 

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Price Council backs DA-proposed temporary price cap on imported rice

The National Price Coordinating Council NPCC has endorsed the imposition of a P50 per kilo price ceiling on imported rice as surging global oil prices driven by ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East continue to push up food costs in the Philippines.

World Bank $1B financing targets Philippine farm transformation

At least five million Filipino farmers are poised to benefit from a USD1-billion World Bank financing package aimed at accelerating a nationwide shift toward higher productivity, diversification, and climate resilience—an overhaul long seen as critical to stabilizing food supply and rural incomes.

MPTC activates Holy Week traffic plan nationwide

Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC) is rolling out its “Biyaheng Arangkada” motorist assistance program from March 27 to April 6, 2026, bracing for the annual Holy Week travel surge.

RCBC, SSS launch digital loan access push

Rizal Commercial Banking Corp, (RCBC), the banking unit of the Yuchengco Group, and the state-owned pension fund Social Security System (SSS) are rolling out a new digital microloan offering aimed at expanding access to affordable credit while curbing reliance on informal lenders.
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