- GMA Network won a bronze award for Excellence in Content Marketing at the Marketing Excellence Awards 2026 Philippines on Friday for its agency work on the McDonald"s x Sang"gre campaign.
- Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez said several Asian countries were “prepared to take on” the Pax Silica project, but the Philippines was among the few nations selected.
- Budget carrier Cebu Pacific on Friday announced it is strengthening its international connectivity in the fourth quarter of 2026. In a news release, the airline said it is launching additional direct flights to key cities in China, Vietnam, and Japan.
- The Philippine peso continued its downtrend for the second straight day on Friday, but remained within the P60-to-one dollar level, weighed by the weak economic growth data for the second quarter of 2026.
- The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Friday announced it has secured an agreement with the Villar Group of Companies for the latter's donation of properties to resolve the the right-of-way (ROW) issues hounding the Las Piñas alignment of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) Cavite Extension.
- The Social Security System (SSS) has increased its shareholdings in Century Properties Group Inc.
- The Philippines" gross international reserves (GIR) declined in July due to the central bank"s foreign exchange operations to stabilize the peso and the national government"s foreign currency withdrawals to settle external debt.
- The Philippines concluded the first half of 2026 with a debt burden ballooning to a level last seen before the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis amid a record-high sovereign debt coupled with weaker economic growth during the period.
- PH economy grows slower at 2.3% in Q2 2026
- Motorists should expect a sigh of relief as pump prices are expected to go down big-time in the coming week.