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.
Members of the National Telecommunications Security Council (NTSC) are calling for a unified "whole of industry" approach to safeguard telecommunications facilities, especially when disasters strike.
Semirara Mining and Power Corp. has gone to court to block what it described as repeated attempts by the Department of Energy to compel the disclosure of proprietary mining information that could be shared with prospective bidders for the Semirara coal mine.
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) is stepping on the gas, targeting the proclamation of 20 to 30 new economic zones every year as it banks on a wider network of investment hubs to drive jobs, exports and countryside growth.