Tuesday, 10 February 2026, 4:42 pm

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    Meralco rates tick up as grid costs bite

    After two months of lower power bills, Meralco customers are seeing a reversal in February as electricity rates climb on higher grid-related charges.

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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

    DA forms group to guide rice imports, steady supply, protect farmers

    The Department of Agriculture (DA) has created a technical working group (TWG) to manage rice imports using data, with the goal of keeping prices stable, ensuring enough supply, and protecting local farmers.

    Corporate

    DigiPlus targets 2026 efficiency after service gains

    DigiPlus Interactive Corp. is sharpening its focus on efficiency as it looks to 2026, fresh from a year of major gains in customer service across its digital entertainment platforms BingoPlus, ArenaPlus, and GameZone.

    Banking & Insurance

    MPTC secures P3.6-B loan from BPI for projects, refinance

    Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC) has secured a P3.6 billion loan from the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) to help fund its ongoing projects and refinance existing debt.
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    Markets

    Markets cool off as peso flexes quiet strength 

    Global markets are taking a step back—not because of panic, but caution. Investors are reducing risk as they navigate uncertainty around inflation, interest rates, and global tensions. 

    Travel

    President Marcos pushes travel tax cut to boost tourism

    President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has elevated the proposed abolition of the travel tax to the top of the government’s legislative priorities, signaling a strong push to lower travel costs, stimulate tourism, and support broader economic activity.
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    Energy

    ERC expands lifeline discounts for low-income power users

    Low-income electricity consumers are set to get bigger relief on their power bills after regulators approved a new, uniform national lifeline subsidy.

    Transport & Communications

    MPTC secures P3.6-B loan from BPI for projects, refinance

    Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC) has secured a P3.6 billion loan from the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) to help fund its ongoing projects and refinance existing debt.
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    Property

    Subsidence persists beneath Manila Bay reclamation, UP study shows

    Land reclaimed from Manila Bay remains broadly stable at the surface, but beneath that stability, ground subsidence is continuing and is likely to persist, according to a satellite-based study by researchers from the Department of Geodetic Engineering at the University of the Philippines Diliman.

    Environment

    Businesses urged to adopt standardized emissions reporting to support climate action

    The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), together with Japan’s Ministry of the Environment, has called on businesses to strengthen greenhouse gas (GHG) measurement and reporting, stressing that the private sector plays a key role in addressing climate change.
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    Technology

    Globe shifts focus to network quality, tops Ookla consistency rankings

    Globe Telecom Inc. said it has shifted its strategy from simply expanding coverage to delivering total network reliability, as it was named the Most Consistent Mobile and Fixed Network and the leader in 5G Coverage in the Philippines by Ookla for the second half of 2025.

    Health & Science

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    Opinion

    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.

    Regulatory stress test for PH aviation: The PR113 lavatory fiasco

    The reported handling of a lavatory system failure on Philippine Airlines Flight PR113 should not be treated as a one-off operational lapse.