The International Finance Corp. (IFC), the private investment arm of the World Bank, has appointed Riccardo Puliti as its new Regional Vice President for Asia and the Pacific.
The Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) earned a 99.56% rating from the Governance Commission for Government-Owned or -Controlled Corporations (GCG) in its 2025 Performance Scorecard — its best in three years.
Philippine inflation surged to 7.2 percent in September, matching the pace in April, which is the fastest rate in three-and-a-half years and putting the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas under renewed pressure to tighten monetary policy.
Aboitiz Power Corp. sold two 121-MW power barges to Visayas distributor MORE Electric and Power Corp., completing the transfer last Friday and announcing it Monday. Terms were undisclosed.
The Philippines’ economic rebound will depend heavily on how quickly public investment and construction activity recover, with the energy shock and domestic flood-control issues weighing on growth, according to the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO).