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ArticleOil shocks, El Niño may threaten Phil­ip­pine eco­nomic recov­ery in 2027 — World Bank

THE PHILIPPINE eco­nomy’s recov­ery next year will hinge on a rebound in pub­lic invest­ment, although pro­longed energy price shocks and cli­mate-related dis­rup­tions such as the “Super El Niño” could derail growth, the World Bank said. In an...

ArticleERC removes capa­city lim­its for power plants to boost elec­tri­city sup­ply

POWER GENERATORS can now build lar­ger power plants after the Energy Reg­u­lat­ory Com­mis­sion (ERC) removed capa­city lim­its to boost elec­tri­city sup­ply, encour­age invest­ments and foster greater com­pet­i­tion. In a res­ol­u­tion dated Oct. 9,...

ArticlePeso sinks past P63 against US dol­lar for first time

THE PHILIPPINE PESO breached the P63-per-US-dol­lar level for the first time on Thursday, as hot US infla­tion data bolstered bets that the US Fed­eral Reserve could keep rates higher for longer. The cur­rency fell by 19 centa­vos to close at P63.06...

ArticleUPS expands Clark cargo capa­city nine­fold to sup­port Asian trade

ArticleCon­sumers make fewer, longer mall vis­its — Mega­world

CONSUMERS are vis­it­ing shop­ping malls less fre­quently amid higher fuel and park­ing costs but are spend­ing more time dur­ing each visit, accord­ing to an exec­ut­ive of lis­ted prop­erty developer Mega­world Corp. “They don’t go as fre­quently as...

ArticleCebu Pacific traffic grows, but seat occu­pancy falls

CEBU PACIFIC car­ried more pas­sen­gers in the first nine months of 2026, although its seat occu­pancy declined as the budget car­rier expan­ded capa­city faster than pas­sen­ger traffic. In a state­ment on Thursday, Cebu Air, Inc., the oper­ator of...