The Bank of the Philippines Islands (BPI), which counts itself a strong supporter of sustainable financing, has brought down its exposure to coal loans from a high 45 percent of portfolio in 2020 to only 29 percent thus far this year.
The policy-making Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Thursday kept the policy rate intact at 6.25 percent for a third time in a series.
Villar-led Prime Asset Ventures Inc. (PAVI) is proposing to extend the Light Rail Transit-1 extension program by seven additional stations going all the way to Silang, Cavite.
Money sent home by overseas Filipinos (OFs) increased by 2.2 percent to $3.13 billion in June from only $3.06 billion in the same month last year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Tuesday.
The government is planning a new round of adjustments in the salary of government workers and has already tasked the Governance Commission for GOCCs...
Volunteers from Lopez-led First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) joined the annual Brigada Eskwela pre-school opening activities of the Department of Education (DepEd) in Tanauan, Batangas, to show their support for the city hosting the world-class industrial park.
The Philippines posted a balance of payments (BOP) deficit of US$3 billion in the first three months this year, a reversal from the US$238 million surplus posted during the same period in 2024, according to data released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). The deterioration underscores mounting external pressures on the economy, with significant implications for macroeconomic stability and international investor sentiment.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has expressed its gratitude to the South Korean government for its sustained support—channeled through Official Development Assistance (ODA) Korea—toward the Philippines’ efforts to modernize its rice sector, a key pillar of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. 's broader food security agenda.