Economy

While the global information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) industry trudges along at a modest 2 percent annual growth, the Philippines is quietly pulling ahead. 

The Philippines is expected to continue expanding through 2026, but at a pace that remains below official targets, highlighting a recovery that is steady yet weaker than hoped for, according to a new study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).

Philippine food manufacturers are sharpening their focus on India as biscuit maker Monde M.Y. San Corporation and banana chipmaker See’s International Food Manufacturing Corp. headline the country’s participation at Indusfood 2026, set for January 8 to 10 at the India Exposition Mart in Greater Noida.

The country’s gross international reserves (GIR) stood at US$110.9 billion at the end of December 2025, based on preliminary data.

The Philippine job market is about to get a digital jolt.