The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pushing to build on October’s slower food price increases, especially for the country’s poorest families, rolling out more market-focused actions to keep basic goods affordable while shielding local food production from rising costs.
Universal Robina Corporation (URC) posted ₱41.4 billion in sales for the third quarter of 2026, rising 7 percent from the same period last year and picking up pace from the first half of the year.
The nearly USD1-billion Malampaya expansion will extend by about six years the life of a gas field supplying roughly one-fifth of Luzon’s electricity requirements, giving the Philippines a crucial buffer against imported fuel dependence, volatile energy prices and potential supply disruptions.
Rodil Zalameda will become the country’s next chief justice of the Supreme Court on Friday, November 6, succeeding Alexander Gesmundo, who retires after reaching the mandatory age limit.