The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Friday reported net foreign investments of USD283.69 million exiting the Philippines In January 2025. This was a significant improvement compared to the previous month's outflows of USD487.37 million. The decrease, amounting to USD203.68 million or 41.8 percent, points to a recovery in market sentiment despite ongoing global economic pressures.
The Philippines’ posted a substantial trade deficit of USD5.09 billion in January, widening from the USD4.36 billion trade gap in the same month last year, as export growth failed to keep pace with the rise in imports. This wider trade deficit highlights the country’s persistent struggle to meet its domestic needs through local production and its inability to identify new export drivers to strengthen its economic position.
ABS-CBN Corp. has sold a significant portion of its Quezon City property to Ayala Land Inc., one of the country’s largest property developers, for P6.24 billion.
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has deferred the approval of capital expenditure projects proposed by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) totaling P20.32 billion.
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. on Monday directed the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) to conduct an urgent inspection of onion cold storage facilities across the country.
FDC Misamis Power Corporation has agreed to feed 20 megawatts of power to COREnergy for the next two years, a deal that pushes more Mindanao-generated electricity into the hands of businesses nationwide as the country's retail power market keeps widening.
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) have filed 105 expropriation cases for the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR)—the most ever filed for a single infrastructure project by the agency.
Growth measured as the gross domestic product (GDP) is seen to have slowed sharply to 1.9 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, down from 2.8 percent in the previous quarter, according to the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI).
Globe Telecom saved more than ₱510 million on energy in 2025 by using efficient network gear and AI tools. It rolled out 20,800 new green tech items under its Green Network program to cut electricity use.