The Bureau of Internal Revenue said Tuesday the electronic marketplaces operating in the country such as Shoppee and Lazada should start imposing withholding tax on sellers and merchants using their online platform.
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. urged the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) to modernize its operations and develop more affordable insurance products and services to better serve farmers, fisherfolk and livestock raisers.
Del Monte Pacific Ltd. expressed confidence it could timely and effectively manage its financial obligations after the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Ltd., or SGX, raised concerns about its current liabilities exceeding the amount of its current assets by USD417.3 million and other financial indicators.
Jollibee Foods Corp., the country’s largest restaurant chain, said it experienced during the weekend a cybersecurity incident resulting in a personal data breach affecting the company and several of its subsidiaries.
The country’s foreign currency reserves stood strong at $104.8 billion as of the end of August 2026, driven by higher global gold prices and earnings from foreign investments, according to preliminary data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Although government withdrawals to pay off foreign debt offset some gains, the overall buffer remains well above global safety standards.
Pork farmgate prices have dropped sharply as domestic hog raisers rush sales ahead of the rainy season to avoid African swine fever (ASF) losses, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported Monday. Higher output from last year’s price surge, not imports, drives the shift—production rose 5.6npercent in Q2 while farmgate prices fell nearly 19 percent year-on-year.
The Philippine government has enough revenues to service its debt even without the proposed ProGRESS tax package, Malacañang said Monday, as the Marcos administration pushes reforms to strengthen fiscal capacity and provide targeted tax relief.