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.
Damage to the agriculture sector from the southwest monsoon and tropical cyclones Mirasol, Nando, and Opong has climbed to P5.01 billion, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported in its noon advisory on Wednesday, October 8.
The Philippines continues to receive investment pledges despite the ongoing investigation into alleged corruption in flood-control infrastructure projects, Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs Secretary Frederick D. Go said Thursday.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) unexpectedly cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.75 percent during its rate-setting meeting today, defying widespread market expectations of a hold at 5 percent.
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced Thursday the successful acquisition of right-of-way (ROW) in six critical areas from Calumpit, Bulacan to Clark, Pampanga, aimed at accelerating the completion of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) System.