A foot-and-mouth disease outbreak ban now blocks seven countries the Philippines barely buys from, while Brazil’s unvaccinated herd carries the actual exposure.

The 2027 national budget expands mostly through debt refinancing, competing with private businesses for the same domestic credit MSMEs depend on.

Pax Silica just named Subic Bay its preferred cargo gateway, quietly foreclosing Apeco’s own port bid before it was ever built or even started.

Marcos SONA 2026 called the Romualdez case nearing filing, a phrase now used across three separate months without an actual court charge behind it.

SONA 2026 promised cheaper power, tax relief, and nuclear energy, but each promise defers its real cost to a later actor, a later date, and a later Congress.

Pax Silica already asked the Philippines for US jurisdiction over its AI hub, and Manila said no, while other members show the same caution.

The PMO privatization pipeline just added FTI, Mile Long, and a SLEX stake to its 2026 list, and its record on hitting targets is not encouraging so far.

Fisherfolk in Lemery, Batangas are demanding a DENR salvage zone violation probe into a cement plant feeding the country’s infrastructure boom.

The first World Bank farm loan disbursement arrived before the verification agencies meant to enforce its results-based terms were even hired.