The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) will offer emergency loans to members and pensioners affected by Tropical Storm Maymay and enhanced Habagat rains, once affected areas are placed under a state of calamity.
Jollibee Foods Corp. is accelerating its Canadian expansion, signing its first multi-unit franchise deal in British Columbia and lining up 26 new restaurants that could nearly double its Canadian footprint within five years.
Philippine markets may stay on edge as investors juggle Middle East risks, oil prices and the next move by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, but fading rate-hike bets are giving both the peso and stocks some breathing room.