- Over P1.15 billion worth of calamity loan assistance has been granted to almost 70,000 typhoon-affected members under the Social Security System (SSS).
- Another round of increases in pump prices of gasoline and diesel is expected on Christmas week.
- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Thursday unveiled the First Philippine Polymer Banknote (FPP) Series, featuring new banknote designs after the release of the P1,000 polymer banknote into circulation in 2022.
- The Philippine peso depreciated against its US counterpart for the fifth straight trading day on Thursday to sink back to the P59:$1 level, matching the record-low last recorded three weeks ago.
- The Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Thursday decided to continue its policy easing for the third consecutive meeting, bringing down key policy rates by another 25 basis points.
- The Philippine balance of payments (BOP) position continued to post a deficit in November to mark the widest in over two years, data released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Thursday showed.
- The Department of Energy (DOE) has imposed a price freeze on household fuel commodities in Negros Occidental after the province was placed under a state of calamity due to the impacts of Kanlaon Volcano"s eruption.
- The Philippines, through the Department of Agriculture (DA), has imposed a temporary ban on the importation of live cattle and buffalo, as well as their products, from Japan following an outbreak of lumpy skin disease (LSD).
- Households can expect a refund on their electricity bills soon, as the Energy Regulatory Commission on Wednesday ordered private distribution utilities to return the remaining amounts collected from consumers for the expense of the regulatory reset.
- The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. is financially healthy to meet the healthcare needs of its 115 million members in 2025 even without the multi-billion-peso subsidy Congress cut from its proposed budget next year.