Amid escalating US-China trade tensions and renewed tariff uncertainty from Washington, EMS Group of Companies is expanding production, accelerating its push into artificial intelligence hardware, and positioning the Philippines as an increasingly strategic alternative manufacturing base for global electronics firms.

New agriculture programs rolled out in Mindoro point to a clear policy direction: government investment is shifting from just increasing farm output to fixing the weak links between farms, markets, and consumers.

Villar Land Holdings Group, under fire from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over alleged stock price manipulation, said it has yet to receive a copy of the criminal complaint filed with the Department of Justice and cannot comment further until it does.