The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) on Thursday announced an upward adjustment of P0.5738 per kWh in the February electricity rate. This brings the overall rate for a typical household to P11.9168 per kWh this month from P11.3430 per kWh in January.
Globe Telecom Inc. said it widened the range of prior year’s core net income that it could declare as dividend to shareholders, signaling a significant reduction in capital expenditure spending in the coming years.
Industrial production in the Philippines, which measures the performance of the various industrial units such as manufacturing, mining and others, rose 2 percent in volume terms in December. In value terms, industrial production grew 2.6 percent.
Maya Bank Inc., the fintech arm of PLDT Inc., on Tuesday reported doubling its depositors to 3 million last year, its deposits totaling P25 billion or 69 percent more than previous.
Escalating conflict between the US and Iran has jolted global markets anew, driving crude prices toward seven-month highs of USD 67 per barrel and sharpening risks for oil-importing economies like the Philippines. For the peso, the spike is a familiar stress test: higher energy costs threaten to widen the trade deficit and reignite inflation pressures just as stability seemed within reach.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will lift its three-year moratorium on new online lending platforms starting April 1, signaling a major policy shift aimed at expanding competition while tightening oversight of the fast-growing digital lending sector.
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has partnered with the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) to protect overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families from the growing threat of online scams.