- The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) have procured 21,000 metric tons of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from the United States as part of government efforts to assure a stable and reliable fuel supply amid the Middle East crisis.
- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has ruled out renewal of Washington's waivers for Iranian and Russian oil, he told the Associated Press in an interview on Friday.
- BDO Unibank Inc. (BDO) saw a single-digit growth in its bottom line in the first quarter of 2026.
- Motorcycle Taxi Community Philippines on Friday called for the passage of a measure that will institutionalize the motorcycle taxi sector, saying the government"s pilot study on motorcycle taxis has been running for almost a decade.
- The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) and the Department of Trade and Industry's Small Business Corporation (SBCorp) have forged a partnership to roll out a P7-billion loan facility program aimed at extending financial aid to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) hit by soaring fuel prices.
- The Philippine Sugar Millers Association (PSMA) said Friday the country's sugar supply remains more than adequate to meet both consumer and industrial demand despite the ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, which could cause farm input costs to rise.
- The Philippine peso ended the week on a soft note, near its historic low, on Friday amid lingering global economic uncertainties due to the Middle East war.
- Motorists should expect another sigh of relief as pump prices of diesel could be slashed again next week, its third straight week of rollback since the series of global oil price shocks rocked the local fuel market.
- Renewed worries about the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz drove oil back toward $105 a barrel on Thursday, prompting a fall back in global share and bond prices and gains for the dollar.
- Philippine peso-denominated government bonds (RPGBs) will be included in J.P. Morgan"s Government Bond Index – Emerging Markets (GBI-EM) series on January 29, 2027.