Subic Bay International Terminals Corp. (SBITC) and ICTSI Subic Inc. (ISI), both subsidiaries of International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI), have secured extensions of their operating concessions from the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).
Security Bank has officially opened its Angeles–Friendship Branch, marking its 360th location in the country and further strengthening its presence in Central Luzon. The new branch opened just before the Naic branch in September, bringing the bank’s total branch network to 361.
Insular Life (InLife), the country's first and largest Filipino life insurance company, received two prestigious honors at the ESGBusiness Awards 2025 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Inflation likely rose to 1.9 percent year-on-year in September from 1.5 percent in August, driven by higher food prices following recent tropical storms that damaged agricultural output.
The Philippines' total rice inventory rose to 2.07 million metric tons at the end of September—coinciding with the start of the wet season harvest and a two-month import ban aimed at supporting palay prices.
The economy is expected to have grown by 5.9 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, faster than the 5.5 percent expansion in the April–June period. The pickup, economists at Moody's Analytics said, is likely fueled by strong household consumption, supported by lower borrowing costs, easing inflation, and steady remittance inflows.
Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) reported a 37 percent drop in net income to P9.9 billion for the first nine months of 2025, down from P15.7 billion in the same period last year, citing lower coal and electricity prices despite record-high production and sales.
The Department of Energy (DOE) is updating the country's small-scale coal \mining (SSCM) program, aiming to make it more structured, transparent, and environmentally responsible. The agency said the draft framework introduces clearer rules on health and safety, labor protection, environmental safeguards, and operational accountability.
The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has completed upgrades to its Calamba 230 kV-115 kV substation to improve electricity reliability for parts of Laguna and Batangas.