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World Bank retains Philippines growth forecasts

Oct 6, 2026

The World Bank has kept its growth forecasts for the Philippines through 2028, flagging the country’s high vulnerability to global fuel shocks relative to its neighbors.

4 Filipina execs make Fortune’s Asia power list

Oct 6, 2026

Four executives made Fortune Magazine’s 100 Most Powerful Women in Asia for 2026, with the president and CEO of soon-to-be listed e-wallet giant GCash topping the Filipina business leaders on the roster.

September inflation sizzles to over 3-year high

Oct 6, 2026

Inflation in September accelerated at its fastest pace in more than three years, driven mainly by faster food price increases, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority.

PLDT defers VITRO listing

Oct 6, 2026

Telco giant PLDT Inc. is postponing the P24.2-billion listing of its data center arm, blaming rising interest rates and the worsening economic health for its decision to defer.

Oct 6, 2026

Hong Kong land sale stuns market as HK$4.3b bid hits 5-year Kowloon high

Kerry Properties has won a land plot in Ho Man Tin for HK$4.31 billion (US$549 million), the highest price paid for a residential site in Kowloon in nearly five years, as developers show confidence in demand for luxury homes. The site on Fat Kwong Street sold at HK$20,738 per square foot of gross floor area, the highest land premium for a residential site in recent years, according to Vincent Cheung, managing director of valuation firm Vincorn Consulting and Appraisal. The last time a Kowloon...

Oct 6, 2026

AMLC exec: Firm linked to VP Sara's husband had P1.2 billion in covered, suspicious transactions

Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura on Tuesday said that Cale88 Foods Corporation, a company linked to Mans Carpio, husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, had aggregate transactions amounting to P1.25 billion from 2022 to 2025.

South Korea investigates possible use of AI in hacks on its banks

Oct 6, 2026

Personal credit information have been leaked

Oct 6, 2026

As China’s AI race accelerates, ‘model fatigue’ becomes the next challenge

On September 22, the global artificial intelligence landscape spun on its axis within a matter of hours. In Beijing, Xiaomi engineers went live with an unusual broadcast, streaming the training run of their new MiMo-V2.6 model. In San Francisco, Anthropic unveiled its frontier Opus 5.5 model. About an hour later, OpenAI crashed the party with the surprise release of its GPT-6 Sol and Luna models. For tech executives and developers trying to keep pace, it was just another overwhelming day in the...

Oct 6, 2026

Mynt clarifies P10 per share was never the planned IPO price

GCash parent Mynt Inc. on Tuesday clarified that the earlier reported P10 per share price for its initial public offering (IPO) was just for regulatory purposes only.

Oct 6, 2026

Very strong El Niño not enough reason to hike commodity prices -- DA

The Department of Agriculture (DA) said Tuesday that the threat of a very strong El Niño, which may persist until the first half of 2027, is not enough reason to raise commodity prices as the country supposedly has sufficient food supplies.