The country’s balance of payments (BOP) — the measure of all economic transactions between the country and the rest of the world, and essentially what remains after foreign earnings are offset against external obligations and outlays — recorded a deficit of US$5.3 billion in the first quarter of 2026.

The Philippine women’s beach handball team arrived in Croatia grateful simply to be in the main draw. A few days later, the Amigas found themselves celebrating a victory that belonged in the sport’s growing catalogue of improbable upsets.

Monde M.Y. San Corp. is investing more than P5 billion in a new manufacturing facility inside a Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) ecozone, reinforcing confidence in the country's manufacturing sector despite a challenging global business environment.