Filipino rice farmers in 2022 earned an average P10,836 for every hectare—an income that requires frontloaded investment and a waiting period of up to four months highly at risk to weather changes.
The national treasury rejected all bids for the P30-billion, three-year treasury bonds it offered at auction Tuesday to prevent the cost of borrowing from rising.
A rare alliance of government, church, business and local executives has formalized a transparency push aimed at tightening oversight of billions of pesos in public works.
Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. (TMP) is stepping harder on the gas of localization, lifting domestic sourcing to sharpen cost competitiveness while pressing policymakers to revisit tariff disparities under a key trade pact with Japan.
Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., the country’s sixth largest lender by assets and a flagship of the Yuchengco Group, grew full-year 2025 net income by 11 percent to P10.6 billion, riding a strong wave of consumer lending and fee expansion.
Cavendish bananas may be golden for the Philippine economy, but their sweet streak faces a bitter threat. Fusarium wilt, famously dubbed Panama disease, has been ravaging plantations and threatens the livelihoods of millions of farmers across Mindanao.