The number of women holding executive positions in listed firms equals 40 percent of companies but they occupy only functional or support roles, a study conducted by Philippine Women’s Economic Network (PhilWEN) and the Philippine Business Coalition for Women Empowerment showed.
Security Bank Corp., the 10th largest lender in the country, said Tuesday it raised P20 billion through the issuance of Fixed-Rate Peso Corporate Bonds due in 2029 that carry an annual interest rate of 6.05 percent.
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) on Monday bared plans to spend up to P5 billion to build a new off-ramp at Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) from the NAIA Expressway to help ease traffic congestion in the area and improve accessibility to the country's main international gateway.
The Department of Agriculture on Saturday concluded a series of consultations in Calabarzon refining protocols that govern the movement of healthy hogs amid a resurgence of the dreaded African swine fever (ASF), particularly in Batangas.
ACEN Corp., the renewable energy arm of the Ayala Group., said Monday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with GenZero and Keppel Ltd. to jointly explore transition credits for accelerating the retirement of the South Luzon Thermal Energy Corp. coal-fired power plant in Batangas and replace it with a clean energy dispatch facility.
Treasury bill yields rose across all tenors at Monday’s auction as investors priced in the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ recent rate hike and the possibility of further monetary tightening.
The country’s telecommunications sector is on track to pour at least $2.21 billion in capital investments this year alone, already surpassing the $2-billion milestone even before accounting for additional spending from major players, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) confirmed Tuesday.
The Philippine Chamber of Cooperatives Inc. is organizing more than three million member-owners into a unified, non-partisan voting bloc ahead of the 2028 elections, seeking to turn the cooperative sector’s economic weight into political influence.
The Social Security System’s (SSS) assets climbed to P1.36 trillion as of July 2026, strengthening the pension fund’s financial position and its capacity to sustain benefits for workers and retirees.