The Philippine Competition Commission has given the green light for Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. to proceed with the acquisition of beverage maker Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines Inc.
Above-target inflation averaging 6 percent in 2023 is forecast in January this year to have averaged no more than 3.6 percent, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said on Wednesday.
Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said Wednesday the political bickering sparked by efforts to revise the 1987 Constitution could undermine the economy, whose growth prospects this year are already under threat from El Nino and global geopolitical risks.
The country's continued economic expansion in 2023, measured as the gross domestic product (GDP), eased sharply to only 5.6 percent in the final quarter and came even lower than the revised output expansion of 6 percent in the third quarter.
The Philippines Statistics Authority on Tuesday announced an upward revision in the third quarter economic growth data, lifting gross domestic production expansion to 6.0 percent in the July-September quarter from an earlier estimate of 5.9 percent.
Broadband and technology leader Converge ICT Solutions Inc. continues to reinforce its commitment to digital responsibility through the sustained implementation of Project PIGLET (Privacy Integration through Guided Learning of Emerging Technologies), a flagship youth-focused privacy awareness campaign.
The various banks are maintaining a cautious stance toward lending, though signs of easing in their risk aversion emerged in the latest 2Q 2025 Senior Bank Loan Officers’ Survey (SLOS) released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
ArteFino 2025, presented by Security Bank, officially opens its doors from July 31 to August 3 at Power Plant Mall, spotlighting Filipino craftsmanship, heritage, and sustainable innovation.
The Chanthaburi-Trat Border Defence Command declared martial law in eight districts across the two eastern provinces on Friday, effective immediately, The Nation, an English-language online newspaper, reported.