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Century Pacific Food, Inc. (PSE:CNPF), one of the Philippines’ leading food companies, has reported unaudited financial results for the first six months of 2026, sustaining growth despite challenging market conditions.

The economy recorded a 2.3 percent expansion in the second quarter this year, according to data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The performance fell short of market expectations, slowing from the 2.8 percent growth recorded in the first quarter of the year. Excluding the severe disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, this represents the softest quarterly growth since the fourth quarter of 2009.

Canada-based insurance firm Sun Life Financial Inc. declared an unchanged quarterly dividend of CAD0.96 per common share, payable on Sept. 29 to shareholders of record as of Aug. 26.

DMCI Holdings Inc. posted stronger second-quarter earnings as record contributions from its nickel mining business and resilient results from its power, real estate and construction units more than offset a weaker contribution from Maynilad Water Services following the utility's initial public offering.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has declared the Aboitiz Group's Biz Hub at Lima Estate in Lipa City, Batangas as a special economic zone, paving the way for the mixed-use development to attract more information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) investments outside Metro Manila.