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GCash users unable to use the popular app; issues assurance funds are safe

GCash, the mobile wallet of Globe Telecom Inc. trends on X, formerly Twitter, after its users complained of inability make transactions, whether sending or receiving, since the early morning hours of Monday. 

Attack on Israel could boost gold appeal, safe haven assets

Investors are closely watching events in Israel as a geopolitical risk to markets, with some expectation the violence could prompt a move into safe haven...

BTr raises $1.26 billion via U.S. dollar-denominated retail bonds sale

The Bureau of Treasury has raised $1.26 billion from the sale of onshore U.S. dollar-denominated retail bonds, the Department of Finance said, slightly above its target.

BSP has ‘done enough’ policy tightening – Diokno

Philippine Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno believes the central bank has "done enough" policy tightening to tame inflation, but reiterated future interest rate moves would...

Consumer food service providers seen generating P730B in sales this year

The various food service providers in the Philippines are seen generating sales 20 percent more this year than last year of around $13 billion or P730 billion.

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Taekwondo jin Yape delivers 4th Asian Games gold

The Philippines is back at four gold medals in the Asian Games, matching its haul from Hangzhou in 2023.

Smart Travē cuts eSIM rates up to 43% for holiday travelers 

Filipinos traveling abroad this season get up to 43 percent off Smart Travē eSIM data packs—just in time for year-end trips across 100+ destinations.

P3B fuel subsidy targets farmers, fishers, truckers 

The government is rolling out P3 billion in fuel subsidies this month for about 300,000 farmers, fisherfolk and agricultural truckers as elevated oil prices and El Niño squeeze production and distribution costs.

Over a thousand volunteers join Jollibee Group coastal cleanup drive

More than 90 employees from the Jollibee Group and its brands—Jollibee, Mang Inasal, Chowking, and Greenwich—joined the global International Coastal Cleanup here on September 19, 2026, collecting over 400 kilograms of waste from shorelines.
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