The monetary board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) at its final rate-setting meeting this year opted to keep the benchmark interest rate or its target reverse repurchase (RRP) rate unchanged at 6.50 percent.
Cosco Capital Inc., the listed holding company of billionaire Lucio Co, said Thursday its board approved a cash dividend declaration worth a total P1.41 billion and a new P2 billion budget for the renewal of its shares buy back program next year.
Move IT, a local transport solutions provider, on Thursday said it is working with government to validate its passenger safety data and other features necessary to ensure that its app users are protected.
The average price of electricity at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) eased in December, according to the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP). It attributed the decrease in the average spot price of power to higher levels of reserves.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) have extended ACEN Corp. an P11-billion sustainability-linked loan to finance its solar projects.
Philippine Airlines (PAL) announced Thursday it has canceled two scheduled flights between Manila and Riyadh amid a worsening security situation in the Middle East.
Now you see the money. Now you don’t. And if Senator-Judge Vicente “Tito” Sotto III has the metaphor right, the money does not exactly disappear. It dances.
The country’s cushion against global financial instability narrowed at the end of September 2026, with the nation's foreign exchange reserves slipping to $100 billion.
Manila Electric Co., the country’s largest power distributor by sales with a renewable energy portfolio, is betting that the Philippines’ energy transition will require more than a rapid shift to renewables—it will demand a careful balancing act between decarbonization, power reliability, and affordability.