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Filipinos are showing stronger trust in formal credit and digital financial services even as their outlook on household finances weakens, pointing to a maturing credit market amid persistent inflation and cost-of-living pressures, according to TransUnion’s 2026 Credit Perception Index.

LG Electronics is building a dedicated robotics training hub at its Yangjae R&D Campus in Seoul, set to become fully operational by the end of 2026. Known as the Data Factory, the four-floor facility spanning 10,000 square meters will serve as a central engine for advancing robot learning, combining LG’s decades of manufacturing and logistics expertise with NVIDIA’s cutting-edge robotics and artificial intelligence technologies.

Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla has called on Congress to amend, if not repeal, the  “Robin Padilla law” because the actor-turned-senator  benefited from its passage, and to restore illegal possession of firearms as a non-bailable offense following the fatal Zamboanga school shooting on Aug. 18. Remulla said the law, which made illegal gun possession bailable, should have stricter penalties, including for those negligent gun owners. The shooting was the Philippines’ second fatal school attack in less than two months and was livestreamed. With about 2.7 million registered firearms nationwide, including roughly 2 million privately owned, Remulla said tighter controls are needed to keep illegal guns from fueling violence.

Two years into the CENECO-Primelectric partnership, Negros Power has poured more than P1.2 billion into a P2.1-billion modernization program, putting to work a model that combines the local knowledge of an electric cooperative with the capital and management capabilities of a private-sector company.

Filipino canned sardines brand Mega Sardines has secured a major foothold in the US mainstream grocery market, entering at least 2,750 stores of supermarket giant Kroger as Mega Global Corp. accelerates its international expansion.