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.
SM Investments Corporation, parent of the SM Group, along with its banking units BDO Unibank and China Bank, have been named to the Fortune Southeast Asia 500 list for the third year running.
Lufthansa Technik Philippines (LTP), a fully owned unit of MacroAsia Corp., plans to finish and launch its new base maintenance facility at Clark International Airport by 2028.
Globe recorded 216 theft incidents involving cables, batteries, generators, fuel, and other equipment across Laguna, Cavite, Oriental Mindoro, and Albay in just one year ended April this year. Laguna, the telecommunications company said, had the most cases at 67, followed by Cavite with 46; Albay saw a more than fourfold jump in incidents in 2026.
The arrival of Maersk's PH6 service at the Visayas Container Terminal (VCT) in Iloilo marks more than the addition of another shipping route. It signals the growing importance of Western Visayas in the country's evolving logistics landscape and strengthens Iloilo's role as a regional trade gateway.