Finance Secretary Ralph Recto on Tuesday brushed aside fears of fiscal mismanagement over the deployment of agency funds into areas these supposedly were not originally intended for, saying the needs of some 115 million Filipinos take precedence over the ruckus that the deployment has generated.
The Philippines generated far more foreign currency earnings in July than it spent during the month, allowing the country to post a surplus in the balance of payments (BOP) totaling USD62 million.
Metro Pacific Agro Ventures Inc., a unit of conglomerate Metro Pacific Investments Corp., is ramping up its vegetable and dairy operations by going into the chicken egg and carabao milk business.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas cut its target reverse repurchase rate by 25 basis points to 6.25 percent, underscoring the monetary authority’s confidence that headline inflation is on a downward trajectory despite the spike in July.
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on Thursday announced authorizing the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) to collect on behalf of power generation companies or gencos so-called pass-on costs that have been denied the industry for some time, compelling some of the more heavily affected companies to seek prompt redress of their grievances.
DFNN Inc.’s technology unit, iWave Inc., has been awarded a contract to help upgrade passenger processing systems at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminals 1 and 3.
Online sellers received a boost after the Department of Trade and Industry announced it will defer mandatory registration under the Philippine Trustmark program, extending the voluntary phase until December 31, 2026, from the earlier 2025 deadline.
The Department of Energy (DOE) and the British government have signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation on offshore wind and microgrid development in the Philippines.