Philippine equities held their footing above the 6,000 level as caution continued to dominate trading, with analysts balancing global headwinds against pockets of domestic resilience.
Amid escalating US-China trade tensions and renewed tariff uncertainty from Washington, EMS Group of Companies is expanding production, accelerating its push into artificial intelligence hardware, and positioning the Philippines as an increasingly strategic alternative manufacturing base for global electronics firms.
MYEG Philippines, Inc. (MYEG PH) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) have renewed their partnership to further strengthen digital government services and improve ease of doing business for PEZA-registered firms nationwide.
The country’s sugar industry has submitted a unified manifesto to the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), calling for tighter regulation of artificial sweeteners and other sugar substitutes.
The Department of Energy (DOE) is pushing a major acceleration of the country’s net-metering program by enforcing strict, time-bound permit processing across local governments—an overhaul the agency said will significantly speed up solar installations for households and businesses.
Baguio City is stepping up its digital transformation efforts after partnering with PLDT and Smart to launch “AI-in-a-Box,” a program designed to help local governments use artificial intelligence to improve public services.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has introduced a nationwide standard for handling environmental law enforcement cases, aiming to strengthen investigations, arrests, evidence handling, and prosecution of environmental crimes.
The Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) Healthcare Sector welcomed the continued expansion of PhilHealth’s YAKAP and GAMOT programs, saying the reforms are helping reduce healthcare costs for Filipino families.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is proposing the creation of a government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) to manage the eGovPH app, aiming to make the platform financially sustainable and improve its operations.