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    Filipino flavors sizzle, seal $125M in Gulfood

    If aroma could sign contracts, the Philippine pavilion at Gulfood 2026 would have cleared customs on scent alone.

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    Sunlight Air chooses precision over size aloft

    In an aviation industry often driven by scale and speed, Sunlight Air is taking a more measured route. The boutique carrier is building its business around efficiency, discipline, and destination depth, convinced that smarter operations can deliver both commercial returns and environmental gains.

    Agriculture

    Meat, egg output climb in Q4

    Production of pork, chicken and eggs strengthened in the fourth quarter of 2025, boosting supplies of affordable protein and helping temper food inflation as households continued to navigate elevated prices.

    Corporate

    CLI scales up climate resilience drive

    Recovery in the Visayas is still a work in progress, but property developer Cebu Landmasters Inc. is ensuring resilience is built into that recovery, not treated as an afterthought. 

    Banking & Insurance

    GSIS offers low-interest, short-term loans via mobile app

    The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has launched Ginhawa Go, a short-term micro-loan program for government employees, offering quick access to cash through the GSIS Touch mobile app.
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    Markets

    Supreme Court voids Trump global tariff

    The USD Supreme Court on Friday struck down the sweeping global tariffs imposed last year by President Donald Trump, delivering a body blow to a central pillar of his economic agenda.

    Travel

    SM Hotels Wins Global Green Honor

    SM Hotels and Conventions Corporation (SMHCC) has secured a major international sustainability accolade, clinching the “2025 World’s Leading Sustainable Circular Economy” title at the World Sustainable Travel & Hospitality Awards held in Dubai.
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    Energy

    MPower expands retail aggregation deal with Mr. Freeze

    MPower, the retail electricity supplier of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), has expanded its partnership with Mr. Freeze Tube Ice Inc. by enrolling four more ice plants under the Retail Aggregation Program (RAP).

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    Transport & Communications

    Honda merger ignites Philippine expansion

    Newly-merged Honda Philippines, Inc. (HPI) is accelerating its manufacturing push, unveiling a major expansion in motorcycle engine components as it doubles down on its long-term commitment to the Philippine market.
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    Property

    Ayala Land profit jumps 38% on ATC sale

    Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) reported a 38 percent increase in net income to P39.1 billion in 2025, up from P28.23 billion a year earlier, largely driven by gains from the sale of Alabang Town Center (ATC) and steady expansion of its leasing and hospitality businesses.

    Environment

    FPIC process begins for proposed exploration project in Abra

    The required Free and Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) process has officially started for a proposed mineral exploration project in Sal-lapadan, Abra.
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    Technology

    IT-BPM flags competitive risks at Senate hearing

    The Philippines’ information technology and business process outsourcing sector sounded the alarm at the Senate this week, warning that rising cybersecurity threats, mounting tax compliance pressures, and a widening digital skills gap are beginning to strain one of the country’s most dependable growth engines.

    Health & Science

    Saving time on cancer care saves lives too

    In cancer care, minutes matter almost as much as medicine. Across the Philippines, a new generation of treatments is proving that better outcomes are not only about adding years to life, but also life to those years.
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    Opinion

    Smoke Without Fire, Markets Without Rules

    When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) discards its own scientific “endangerment finding,” it does more than revise a memo from 2009. It performs a kind of regulatory alchemy: turning greenhouse gases from legally recognized threats into political inconveniences.

    Philippine bond market: Confidence, stability, lower borrowing costs

    The Philippine government bond market may sound like a tangle of numbers and acronyms, but it matters to everyone. 

    Philippine paradox: Doing right, paying wrong

    Even when the government acts with moral clarity, ordinary Filipinos often end up holding the short end of the stick. 

    Airport knife shooting thrusts security governance into spotlight

    A knife-related shooting at Iloilo International Airport has forced an uncomfortable reckoning inside aviation security circles: what happens when systems meant to stop danger at the door allow it to fester into a crowded terminal.