- Continuing concerns over the Middle East conflict may push the next week's fuel pump prices even higher than recent projections, while the government awaits the decision of petroleum companies on possibly implementing staggered increases.
- DHAKA – Shipments of garments for Zara owner Inditex and other major clothing retailers are stranded at airports in Bangladesh and India, according to three manufacturers, as the conflict in the Middle East forces airlines such as Emirates and Qatar Airways to cancel flights.
- BEIJING – China will boost spending in major infrastructure and public services to help meet this year's economic growth target, government officials said on Friday, as the US-Israeli war on Iran adds to global uncertainty.
- Philippine financial markets weakened on Friday with the peso depreciating for the seventh straight day to hit its weakest performance in over five weeks, as market players continued to take in the impact of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
- The Department of Energy (DOE) on Friday projected that the price of diesel may exceed eighty pesos per liter this month if there are no staggered price adjustments amid rising tensions in the Middle East.
- The number of international patents filed last year for digital communications technology and semiconductors grew strongly, reflecting the surge in artificial intelligence investments, the United Nations said Friday.
- The Department of Energy (DOE) is working with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to intensify monitoring against possible hoarding and profiteering in the sale of petroleum products amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
- Electricity prices in the country are expected to increase following the upward movement of global fuel prices due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said Friday.
- Emirates on Friday confirmed it has started operating Dubai flights, although on a reduced schedule until further notice, following the partial reopening of airspace in the United Arab Emirates amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
- P7 gas, P15 diesel pump price hike seen next week