The Philippines didn’t just make a splash at the 2025 World Travel Awards Grand Final in Bahrain—it delivered a full seven-wave set and rode each one like a country that knows exactly what it is doing.
The Department of Tourism (DOT) expects travel between the Philippines and Australia to surge with Jetstar Airways’ new direct services linking Perth–Manila and, for the first time, Cebu–Brisbane.
Globe Telecom is set to launch a new satellite-to-mobile service with Starlink as early as June, pending government approval. The service will first be available to Android users and will allow mobile phones to connect directly to satellites in areas with no regular cell signal.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) assured lawmakers that food importation will only be used during serious supply shortages and is not the government’s main strategy for managing food supply.
Megaworld-backed MREIT is accelerating its expansion plans, with the company aiming to grow its gross leasable area (GLA) portfolio to at least one million square meters by 2027 — three years ahead of its original target.