The Jollibee Group is bringing its inclusive employment initiative for qualified senior citizens and persons with disabilities to the Visayas region for the first time, through a new partnership with the Cebu City Government. Under this collaboration, eligible seniors and PWDs will take on customer relations roles across 36 participating branches of Jollibee, Chowking, Greenwich, and Burger King, marking a key milestone in the program’s national reach.

Treasury bill yields extended their climb at Monday’s auction as investors demanded higher rates amid expectations of faster inflation and tighter monetary policy.

Travellers International Hotel Group Inc. is charging hard into a major hospitality expansion, scaling its portfolio to nearly 3,000 room keys as new developments at Newport World Resorts and the massive Westside project in Entertainment City come online.

Luxury furniture maker DEDON Manufacturing Inc. has signed up as the first customer of COREnergy’s new solar-backed electricity plan, as manufacturers look for ways to better manage power costs and align energy procurement with daytime operations.

Airline tickets will cost more in the first half of October after the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) raised fuel surcharges in response to steeply rising jet fuel prices. In an official advisory, the CAB announced both domestic and international passenger and cargo fuel surcharges will move to Level 17 from October 1 through 15, up from Level 14 applied during the latter half of September.

Residential property prices across the country experienced a significant cooling period in the second quarter of 2026, registering their slowest year-on-year growth rate since tracking began in 2019, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). While property values in the National Capital Region continued to expand, this upward momentum was dragged down by a widespread price drop in regions outside the capital. The downturn, the BSP noted, was most pronounced in regions beyond Greater Manila, marking the first time overall prices outside the capital region have contracted on an annual basis and signaling a clear shift in the country's housing dynamics.

Plastic has a way of coming back. Nestlé Philippines wants to make sure it returns to the recycling loop—not the ocean.

As businesses expand digitally, the focus has shifted from adding tools to uniting them. Companies now manage an average 120 applications across fragmented systems, making coordinated networks, APIs, security, and AI critical.

Batang Matatag is expanding to 44 schools in Pasig as the child health initiative marks its fifth year, bringing health education on gut health and everyday hygiene to more school communities.