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SEC approves Global One Hotel Group rental pool program

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved Global One Hotel Group Inc.’s rental pool program under its streamlined SEC RENT guidelines, which ease registration for real estate investment contracts.

SM Investments, bank units make Fortune Southeast Asia 500 for third straight year

SM Investments Corporation, parent of the SM Group, along with its banking units BDO Unibank and China Bank, have been named to the Fortune Southeast Asia 500 list for the third year running.

Lufthansa Technik Philippines to open New Clark MRO facility by 2028

Lufthansa Technik Philippines (LTP), a fully owned unit of MacroAsia Corp., plans to finish and launch its new base maintenance facility at Clark International Airport by 2028.

Globe calls for vigilance amid rising telecom infrastructure theft in South Luzon

Globe recorded 216 theft incidents involving cables, batteries, generators, fuel, and other equipment across Laguna, Cavite, Oriental Mindoro, and Albay in just one year ended April this year. Laguna, the telecommunications company said,  had the most cases at 67, followed by Cavite with 46; Albay saw a more than fourfold jump in incidents in 2026.

Maersk service boosts Iloilo’s gateway ambitions further 

The arrival of Maersk's PH6 service at the Visayas Container Terminal (VCT) in Iloilo marks more than the addition of another shipping route. It signals the growing importance of Western Visayas in the country's evolving logistics landscape and strengthens Iloilo's role as a regional trade gateway.

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Foreign currency reserves hold firm at $104.8 billion in August

The country’s foreign currency reserves stood strong at $104.8 billion as of the end of August 2026, driven by higher global gold prices and earnings from foreign investments, according to preliminary data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Although government withdrawals to pay off foreign debt offset some gains, the overall buffer remains well above global safety standards.

Fuel prices set to rise sharply; over P5 per liter for diesel and kerosene, P4+ for gasoline

The Department of Energy (DOE) confirmed major across-the-board fuel price hikes taking effect this week, reversing last week’s slight rollback.

Pork prices fall on ASF fears; vaccines, support seen stabilizing industry

Pork farmgate prices have dropped sharply as domestic hog raisers rush sales ahead of the rainy season to avoid African swine fever (ASF) losses, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported Monday. Higher output from last year’s price surge, not imports, drives the shift—production rose 5.6npercent in Q2 while farmgate prices fell nearly 19 percent year-on-year.

Palace says revenues can cover debt as ProGRESS advances

The Philippine government has enough revenues to service its debt even without the proposed ProGRESS tax package, Malacañang said Monday, as the Marcos administration pushes reforms to strengthen fiscal capacity and provide targeted tax relief.
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