Empire East Land Holdings Inc., the middle-income housing arm of tycoon Andrew Tan’s Megaworld Corp., continues to bank on strong demand from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) despite the conflict in the Middle East, as they remain a stable end-user market. During the firm’s annual...
Emerging market (EM) Asian currencies continue to bear the brunt of ongoing geopolitical rifts, with the peso suffering the deepest decline among the region’s energy-importing economies since conflicts in the Middle East flared up nearly four months ago. According to a report published last...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is mobilizing $4 billion in financing to help its developing member countries (DMCs) cope with the economic fallout from the ongoing war in the Middle East, with the Philippines among those seeking assistance as higher fuel, food, fertilizer, and freight costs...
The Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it stands ready to deploy support to the Philippines should it request assistance during the ongoing Middle East war, assuring close engagement with local authorities through surveillance and policy advice. This remained the IMF’s...
The World Bank Group (WBG) has lowered its 2026 growth forecast for the Philippines to 3.7 percent, warning that the ongoing war in the Middle East is weighing heavily on energy-importing economies and threatening to push global growth to its weakest pace since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic....
Amid a prolonged global oil crisis, the Philippines is poised to secure fresh grant and loan financing from bilateral as well as multilateral partners to support power-sector reforms and the transition to more renewable energy (RE) sources. United States (US) aid agency Millennium Challenge Corp....
SENDAI, Miyagi Pref. (Jiji Press) -- East Japan Railway Co. on Wednesday started operating a specially painted Shinkansen bullet train themed on the 25th anniversary of Tokyo DisneySea, a theme park near the Japanese capital. The train, painted with "jubilee blue," the anniversary 's theme...
Global debt watcher Fitch Ratings has lowered its outlook on the Philippine banking system to “deteriorating,” warning that exposure to the ongoing United States (US)-Iran war could dampen lending activity, raise credit costs, and squeeze profitability. Fitch wrote in a June 8 commentary that...
The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) dipped marginally on Wednesday, June 10, after shots were again fired between the United States (US) and Iran as the prolonged conflict approached its 100th day. The main index shed 4.35 points, or 0.07 percent, to close at 5,941.36. Mining and oil stocks...
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Empire East Land Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of billionaire Andrew Tan’s Megaworld Corp., is leaning into the middle-income housing market, betting that a shift away from luxury developments will shield it from broader real estate headwinds. During the firm’s annual stockholders’ meeting,...
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