Money Matters
Overall transmission rates up for February 2026 electric bills
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NGCP to complete 7 key transmission projects in 2026
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Pag-IBIG Members’ Savings Surge 21% to Record ₱160.41 Billion in 2025; MP2 Savings Hit ₱83.51 Billion
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Metrobank: Inflation on target keeps room for further rate cuts
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Metrobank Lowers InstaPay Fee to Just PHP8, Boosting Digital Payments
Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) has lowered its InstaPay transfer fee to PHP8 per transaction, its lowest rate yet, effective February 1, 2026—underscoring the Bank’s commitment to making digital banking more accessible and affordable for everyday Filipinos.
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Normin air travel booms with multi-billion upgrade
NORTHERN Mindanao is cementing its status as a vital economic gateway as Laguindingan International Airport (LIA) logs historic passenger volumes following its handover to private management—just as the national government greenlights billions of pesos in capital outlays for regional airport upgrades.
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CLI, Xavier University break ground on P-120m Manresa Access Road
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Cagayan de Oro
Oro extends biz permit renewal deadline to March 31, 2026
Business owners in Cagayan de Oro now have two extra months to renew their permits—without penalties and without lining up at City Hall.
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More Filipino workers secure homes as Pag-IBIG housing loan releases hit P140.54 billion in 2025
Pag-IBIG Fund officials announced that the agency’s housing loan releases reached P140.54 billion in 2025, an 8% increase from P129.73 billion released in 2024. The agency’s home loan programs benefited 90,727 Filipino workers to buy a housing unit or finance home construction, renovation or improvement.
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‘Jail the big fish’: Group demands life terms for smuggling masterminds
Pinoy Aksyon, BenCyrus Ellorin, cigarette smuggling Philippines, RA 12022, Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act, PNP cigarette seizure, Batangas raid, Malabon raid, illicit tobacco trade, economic sabotage law,
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NGCP flags technical hurdles for Terra Solar
WHILE the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is embracing the massive Terra Solar Power Project as a boost to the country’s renewable energy capacity, the grid operator is simultaneously raising a red flag regarding the technical stability of the power grid.
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P106-m worth of smuggled cigarettes seized in Maguindanao
Authorities in Maguindanao del Norte seized around 2,483 cases of smuggled cigarettes valued at approximately ₱106,232,672 during a joint law enforcement operation on January 6, 2026.
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