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.

Robust borrowing from both businesses and households pushed the Philippine money supply upward in September, underscoring a tightly knit loop between active bank lending and circulating financial liquidity.