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Industries

Oil prices seen climbing further in 1st week of February

MANILA, Philippines — Motorists will see yet another wave of oil price increases in the first week of February. Diesel is slated for a sixth straight week of price hikes. ...

Finance

PSEi rebounds past 6,300 on bargain hunting, rate-cut hopes

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) rebounded on Friday as investors snapped up beaten-down shares. This lifted the benchmark index by 1.7 percent or 105.61 points to...

Consumer & Retail

Compose Coffee tops Korean customer survey

Compose Coffee tops Korean customer survey

MANILA, Philippines — Retailer Compose Coffee, a unit of Jollibee Foods Corp., ranked highest in customer satisfaction among South Korea’s leading low-cost coffee franchises, based…

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Tourism & Transportation

Cebu Pacific completing turboprop exit from NAIA by March

MANILA, Philippines –Cebu Pacific expects to complete the transfer of all its turboprop operations out of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) by March. This…

Foreign News

WTO faults US in dispute brought by China over clean energy subsidies

GENEVA, Switzerland — The World Trade Organization has faulted the United States in a dispute brought by China over US green energy subsidies. This, in a ruling…

Economy

Gold, silver prices tumble as investors soothed by Trump Fed pick

NEW YORK, United States — Gold and silver prices dived Friday and European stock markets ended the week up while Wall Street pulled back. Investors were…

Communications

PSEi slides 2.08% after Q4 GDP slowdown

MANILA, Philippines — Local shares plunged on Thursday as investors reacted negatively to the weaker-than-expected economic growth data and a softer peso following the US…

Industry Movements

Metrobank cuts InstaPay fee to P8 to boost digital payments

MANILA, Philippines — Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) is reducing the InstaPay transfer fee to P8 per transaction starting tomorrow, Feb. 1, 2026. This…

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