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Bank lending still growing but at slower pace in August

Bank lending continued to expand in August but at a slower rate of 7.2 percent, significantly less than lending growth averaging 7.7 percent in July, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Wednesday, citing preliminary data.

AirAsia cancels flights to Taiwan

AirAsia Philippines on Wednesday announced the cancellation of flights under the Manila-Kaohsiung-Manila route as cancelled on 5 October due to Typhoon Jenny (international name Koinu). 

New bill on Bulacan Airport through House in November

The chairman of the House of Representatives’ ways and means committee expects a new bill providing incentives to San Miguel Corp.’s Bulacan Airport City...

PSE short selling guidelines take effect immediately

The Philippine Stock Exchange Inc. (PSE) said the guidelines on short selling transactions took effect immediately after regulators gave the go signal on critical components of securities borrowing and lending. 

PH1 launches projects in Bulacan, Rizal

PH1 World Developers Inc., a unit of publicly listed Megawide Construction Corp., has launched two new projects worth P11 billion meant to disrupt the vertical and horizontal space in greater Metro Manila. 

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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.

Analysts: GCash IPO mid-price not a warning sign; valuation attractive 

Setting the initial public offering price of Mynt Inc., the operator of GCash, at P6.60 per share—near the lower end of its indicative range—does not signal trouble, according to market watchers. The figure lands close to the mid-point of the original P10-per-share indicative price band.
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