Yuchengco-led EcoSolar Energy Corp. (ESEC) announced that its 22.5 megawatt / 45 megawatt-hour Panitan Energy Storage Project in Capiz began testing and commissioning as a generation facility last week.

The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has allocated ₱2.75 billion in emergency lending to assist over 109,000 active members and old-age and disability pensioners living in areas hit by crop pest infestations, rising dengue infections, and the El Niño dry spell.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved the addition of nearly eight hectares to the LIMA Technology Center in Batangas, expanding industrial space for new factories and existing companies looking to increase capacity.