The Philippines’ national women’s football team blanked Hong Kong, 2-0, on a cool Thursday night at Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium in Japan, moving closer to the Asian Games quarterfinals with a performance built on efficiency rather than territorial dominance.
Gilas Pilipinas kept its Asian Games basketball title defense alive with a 31-point rout of Kazakhstan, 109-78, Saturday night, moving to 1-1 in Group C and boosting its quarterfinal chances with a much-needed shooting display.
International passenger traffic at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) rose 2.6 percent year-on-year to 19.93 million from Jan. 1 to Oct. 22, 2026, as demand held firm despite disruptions to global aviation from the Middle East conflict.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is preparing to roll out a P2.9-billion fund intended to help agricultural cooperatives expand production and improve their competitiveness, with the agency initially targeting about 12 applicants.
Bloomberry Resorts Corp. is stepping up its push into the Philippines’ expanding digital gaming market, rolling out a P30-million year-end promotional campaign for its online gaming platform, FUNaloMAX, as operators compete to attract and retain players.
Around 100 local and international companies have expressed strong interest in taking part in the proposed P103.6-billion concession for the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3), highlighting growing confidence from both foreign and domestic investors in upgrading the country’s main urban railway network.