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.
Lazada Philippines is stepping up its support for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), expanding partnerships with government agencies and relaunching its LazGrow Together program to help more Filipino entrepreneurs compete in the country's fast-growing digital economy.
Local retail electricity provider EvoEnergi has become the supplier for the Philippines’ first two residential groups under the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA) program.
The delivery of the locally built M/V Serene Grace is expected to bolster confidence in the Philippines' shipbuilding industry and encourage more vessel owners to register under the Philippine flag, supporting the government's drive to expand the country's maritime industry.
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved extending the temporary suspension of the Green Energy Auction Allowance (GEA-All) collection for billing months July and August 2026, to help lower electricity expenses amid current economic conditions.