The Meralco disconnection suspension now runs through October 2026, but the deposit rule and dispute backlog it was meant to bridge remain unchanged.

Malacañang pinned underweight rice sacks in Mandaluyong on an unnamed supplier, a framing that keeps the distribution program itself untouched.

The bad loan ratio at Philippine banks hit 3.44 percent in May, a nine month high, while loss coverage buffers fell to 88.9 percent industry wide.

The Philippines’ new upper middle income status ends cheap financing access, exposing exporters and infrastructure loans to a costlier future ahead.

The Green Energy Auction was built to lower power rates through competition. The regulator’s own report found almost no bidder competed below the ceiling.

LTFRB opened 3,000 new taxi and TNVS slots across Metro Cebu. The Cebu taxi franchise expansion lands hardest on boundary drivers, not the owners.

The PFDA fish port approval covers ₱1.6 billion across Navotas and Palawan. The infrastructure is real. So is the consolidation it triggers.

PSA data confirms cybersecurity awareness reaches only one in three Filipinos while 24.28 million were hit by cybercrime in 2024. Platforms carry the liability.

Naga City’s open-source People’s Budget Portal removes every technical excuse for LGU budget transparency failures. The political will problem stays untouched.

The Meralco rate hike for June 2026 erased May’s rollback in one billing cycle as the generation charge climbed past the offsets holding it down.