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State pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has relaunched a condonation and restructuring program with longer and affordable payment terms to benefit former members, old-age pensioners, re-employed members, and other borrowers with overdue loans.

Three years after it launched its landmark river cleanup and flood mitigation initiative--which has led to the removal of over 3 million metric tons of silt and solid wastes from the Pasig, Tullahan, and San Juan Rivers--San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is setting its sights on a more ambitious goal: cleaning up and rehabilitating three major river systems as well as other tributaries and waterways throughout Metro Manila, Pampanga, Cavite, and Bulacan.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Tuesday projected the completion of the  España to Sta. Mesa section of the NLEX-SLEX Connector by the fourth quarter this year. 

Strong demand at the treasury bond auction Tuesday allowed the Bureau of Treasury to award the full offered amount of P30 billion.

Investment pledges approved by the Board of Investments in the first nine months of this year has more than doubled to P734 billion from the year-earlier period, bolstered by gains from the foreign visits of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., a trade and industry official said Tuesday.