SM Investments Corporation, parent of the SM Group, reported a consolidated net income of PHP45.9 billion for the first half of 2026, an 8 percent increase from the ₱42.6 billion recorded in the same period last year.
For the first time, a hypothetical presidential-vice presidential tandem led by former Vice President Leni Robredo has numerically overtaken a team-up of Vice President Sara Duterte and Senator Imee Marcos, according to an Octa Research survey that offers an intriguing, if hardly decisive, early snapshot of the 2028 race.
Members of the South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative (SOCOTECO II) are scheduled to vote on a proposed joint venture with power firm IGNITE Power in a monthlong plebiscite to decide the future of the cooperative supplying power to General Santos, Sarangani and parts of South Cotabato.
Pag-IBIG Fund posted a record P41.35 billion in net income in the first half of 2026, giving the state-run housing fund greater financial firepower to expand affordable homeownership while delivering stronger returns to members.