The Philippines posted a substantial increase in net inflows of foreign direct investments (FDIs) last year, even as it held on to the sixth spot among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members for the fourth consecutive year, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and...
Aside from strengthening governance to build investors’ confidence in developing countries like the Philippines, the Washington-based World Bank Group (WBG), the world’s largest development bank, said these economies should also increase job opportunities for women as local branches of foreign...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, June 16, warned business groups not to use her impending impeachment trial as an excuse for the country’s weak economy and loss of investor confidence. “Kahit nandiyan o wala yung impeachment, wala talagang investor confidence dito sa ating bayan (Whether...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said it has signed a registration agreement with agricultural products supplier Superseed Agriculture Corp. (SAC) for the company’s manufacturing facility in Laguna. The agreement, which recognized SAC as an ecozone domestic market enterprise, was...
The Sy family’s flagship SM Investments Corporation and its banking arm, BDO Unibank, led the seven Philippine companies that made it to Forbes Magazine’s 23rd Global 2000, which ranks the largest public companies in the world. SMIC was ranked at No. 811 among the world’s top public...
Net inflows of brick-and-mortar foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Philippines fell to $498 million in March, the lowest in three months, as heightened political instability and lingering United States (US) tariff-led uncertainty eroded investor confidence. Net FDI inflows amounted to $498...
A business delegation composed of at least 20 Australian mining companies will come to the Philippines in the second half of 2025 to explore opportunities amid renewed interest among foreign investors in the extractive sector. "There will always be plenty of business missions [from Australia]. We...
The government is looking to include 4,240 priority programs and projects (PAPs), with an investment requirement totaling about ₱4.71 trillion, in the 2026 national budget proposal to sustain public investments—especially in infrastructure and regional development. According to the Department...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reported a 71 percent surge in approved investments to ₱3.54 trillion under the Marcos administration from July 2022 to April 2025, driven largely by renewable energy projects. In a statement, Trade Secretary Cristina A. Roque said the total includes...
Malacañang has reminded the public that it will never encourage them to participate in supposed investment opportunities, which is a common tactic in online fraud. The Palace said it is not true that the official account of Radio Television Malacañang (RTVM) is linked to an online investment...
The World Bank Group (WBG) will extend to the Philippines between $22 billion and $23 billion—or as much as over ₱1.2 trillion—in loan and other financing starting mid-2025 until 2031 to support both public and private initiatives aligned with the country 's climb to upper-middle-income...
As sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) abroad also eye the Philippines ' mining sector, Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC) is stepping up to serve as a vehicle for co-investments. MIC President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rafael D. Consing Jr. told Manila Bulletin last May 8 that an SWF "near...
