Global credit watcher Fitch Ratings has recalibrated the year's reinsurance outlook to "improving" from "neutral" a while earlier to reflect the sector's strengthening financial performance going into 2024.
After the combined rate reduction of P1.0121 in the past two months, the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) announced Friday an upward adjustment of P0.5006 per kWh in the electricity rate this September. With this, overall rate for a typical household is P11.3997 per kWh this month from P10.8991 per kWh in August.
The Department of Agriculture on Thursday boasted of 95 percent compliance by rice retailers to Executive Order 39 capping the price of the staple to a set number.
The gross international reserves (GIR), an indication of a country's capacity to pay for maturing foreign debt and trade obligations, stood marginally lower in August to $99.8 billion from only $99.9 billion in July, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Thursday.
U.S. stocks jumped Thursday after a long-delayed inflation report delivered a clear upside surprise, snapping Wall Street out of a four-session slide and reigniting hopes for interest-rate cuts.
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. welcomed Congress’ decision to more than double funding for farm-to-market roads (FMRs), calling it a “game-changing investment” for farmers, food supply chains, and rural economies as lawmakers finalize the 2026 national budget.
PLDT Inc. and its wireless unit Smart Communications are strengthening efforts to stop cable and equipment theft by working more closely with barangays, local governments, police, and communities across the country.
Tanduay, one of the Philippines’ most awarded rum brands, is expanding its European footprint with a new distribution partnership in Denmark, strengthening its push into premium spirits markets across the region.