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The Philippines is pitching for more than $57.4 million in new investments across five key farm and food sectors at this week’s Hand-in-Hand Initiative Investment Forum in Rome, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The push builds on the country’s first national investment forum held in March, and marks a major shift toward drawing in private and international financing instead of relying only on traditional aid.

Manulife Philippines has been recognized as one of HR Asia’s 2026 Best Companies to Work for in Asia, also taking home the Tech Empowerment Award and People Transformation Award.

The Philippines recorded the region’s highest reported use of e-wallets for scam payments, with 74 percent of Filipino scam victims who lost money saying they paid through digital wallets, compared with a 34 percent ASEAN average, according to a report by the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO).

The initial public offering of Mynt Inc., the company behind leading digital wallet GCash, has drawn overwhelming demand from investors, with many brokers reporting subscriptions far exceeding the shares available.