THE Department of Agriculture (DA) on Thursday said it will likely declare a food security emergency for rice as prices of the staple grain remain stubbornly high.

THE TOTAL RESOURCES of the Philippine financial system rose by 8.8% year on year as of end-November, preliminary data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed.

MASDAR, a state-owned renewable energy firm in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is planning to invest around $15 billion (approximately P878 billion) in renewable energy (RE) projects in the ...

TRADE AND INVESTMENTS between the Philippines and the European Union (EU) are still lower than the level of mutual ambitions and could be improved through a free trade agreement (FTA), the EU ...

SIA AND CAKTIONG-LED DoubleDragon Corp. (DD) said it plans to issue up to P10 billion worth of retail bonds in the first quarter to bolster the company’s cash position and balance sheet. The issuance ...

ALTERNERGY Holdings Corp., through its unit Solana Solar Alpha, Inc., has secured a P1-billion loan from Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) to fund the construction of its 28-megawatt-peak (MWp) ...

OFFGRID energy generator DMCI Power Corp. (DPC) reported energy sales of 491.2 gigawatt-hours (GWh) for 2024, a 9% increase from the previous year, driven by higher demand. The growth was also driven ...

MPOWER, the local retail electricity supplier of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), has entered into a retail supply agreement with ABS-CBN Corp. to support the power needs of the media company’s ...

THE DEVELOPMENT Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has raised P11 billion from its offering of dual-tenor fixed rate notes. The bank’s offering of fixed rate Series 6A and 6B bonds was oversubscribed by ...

THE WATERFRONT MANILA Hotel & Casino complex in Manila is expected to be fully reopened by the first quarter of 2027 after facing construction delays, its listed operator Acesite (Phils.) Hotel Corp.

The Philippines faces a growing plastic waste crisis, underscoring the urgent need for massive systemic change. Latest data shows that the country is estimated to produce 60 billion plastic sachets a ...

US consumer prices increased by the most in nine months in December amid higher costs for energy goods, pointing to still-elevated inflation that aligns with the US Federal Reserve’s projections for ...