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The Philippine economy is beginning to resemble a car running low on fuel while its engine overheats. Growth is sputtering, prices are soaring, jobs are getting harder to find, and agriculture—a major source of food and rural livelihoods—is contracting

Southeast Asia’s small businesses need stronger digital capabilities and better access to regional markets to tap more than 680 million consumers and help ASEAN achieve its ambition of becoming the world’s fourth-largest economy, ASEAN Foundation executive director Dr. Piti Srisangnam said.

SM Hotels and Conventions Corp. (SMHCC) will inaugurate SMX Convention Center Seaside Cebu on November 26–28, 2026, with two major trade exhibitions that will add 21,000 square meters of leasable event space to Cebu’s growing meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) industry.

First Philippine Holdings Corp. (FPH) is selling its entire 90.74-percent stake in Rockwell Land Corp. to Crème Investment Corp., an investment vehicle of Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez III, for P15.92 billion, freeing up capital for the group's investments in energy, infrastructure, and other businesses.