Banco De Oro Universal Bank (BDO Unibank) on Friday bared a new policy against financing the construction of new coal-fired power plants as a matter of course going forward.
Inflation, or the rate of change in prices, is projected to range around the 4 percent mark in the second quarter this year, according to experts such as those from the analytics arm of the credit watcher Moody's Investors Service.
The rate at which prices change across the Philippines pushed past expert projections in February, averaging higher to 3.4 percent for the month from only 2.8 percent in January, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Friday.
The country's insurance penetration rate, defined as premium written as percent of local output growth or the gross domestic product (GDP), diminished further in 2023 to only 1.68 percent from 1.81 percent in 2023.
The Philippines ranks among the weakest across the Asia-Pacific region in the important metric of transparency, which measures whether governments and their officials are forthright and accountable, according to Moody’s Analytics.
SM Investments Corp. reported a consolidated net income of P64.4 billion for the first nine months of 2025, up 6 percent from P60.9 billion a year ago, with revenues rising 4 percent to P482.3 billion.
Mega Agri-Farm Corp. is planning to expand its poultry farm in Mayantoc, Tarlac, to accommodate up to 480,000 birds, five times its current capacity of 98,000.
Filinvest Land Inc., the property development arm of the Gotianun group, posted a 5 percent increase in net income to P3.64 billion for the first nine months of 2025, up from P3 billion a year earlier. Consolidated revenues grew 9 percent to P20.08 billion, led by steady leasing performance and robust residential sales.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is calling for stronger use of blended finance to support climate adaptation and resilience projects across the country.