BDO Unibank, Inc. is launching a peso‑denominated Fixed‑Rate Sustainability Bond offering with a minimum issue size of P5 billion, the fourth such issuance of the country’s largest lender by assets controlled by the Sy Group.
BDO Unibank, Bank of the Philippine Islands, and Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.—the largest, second and fourth largest lenders by assets, according to a central bank report—also reported improvements in their nonperforming loan ratios on the growth of the loan portfolio and the steady or lower nonperforming loans.
On a small island in North Manila Bay, nature was recruited to fight rising water, and the experiment had been showing that flood protection did not always have to come wrapped in concrete.
Nestlé Philippines is urging the government to take a data-driven, consultative approach to any increase in the tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, arguing that higher levies should be judged by whether they actually improve Filipinos’ health.
Philippine ube is making a deeper mark in Japan, where its vivid purple color and distinctive flavor are turning the humble root crop into an increasingly versatile ingredient for chefs, cafés, and food makers.
Rising demand among Filipino consumers for affordable, high-nutrition food and beverages is opening major commercial opportunities for dairy ingredients, according to insights shared at an industry trade seminar hosted by the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC).