The Philippines has plenty of bamboo-growing land. What it lacks is enough businesses turning the fast-growing grass into products worth considerably more than garden stakes and handicrafts.

Smart Communications recorded a 5.26 percent call-drop rate in government tests at Metro Manila bus terminals ahead of Undas, breaching the National Telecommunications Commission’s prescribed ceiling of less than 2 percent even as the regulator found generally strong mobile network performance.

Pampanga’s property market is set for sustained growth as investments in Clark draw workers, migrants and homebuyers, driving housing demand faster than in neighboring Central Luzon provinces, according to Hausland Holdings Inc.