MANILA, Nov 3 - Shares of Manila Electric Co (Meralco) <MER.PS> jumped 17 percent on Tuesday, its first reaction to news that the son of the Philippines' mall tycoon Henry Sy had offered to buy...
* Hanoi may soon start talks to sell 1.5 mln T rice to Manila * Vietnam keen on extending 3-yr supply deal with Philippines * Manila looking at "indicative price" at tender before talks *...
MANILA, Oct 1 - The Philippine central bank said on Thursday it expects inflation this year to average 3.03 percent, slightly above a previous estimate of 3.0 percent. Inflation in 2010 is likely to come...
MANILA, Sept 28 - Philippine annual inflation will ikely come in at 0-0.9 percent in September, from a 22-year low of 0.1 percent in the previous month, the central bank said on Monday. "The forecast...
MANILA, Sept 24 - The Philippines, one of Asia's largest sovereign debt issuers, is looking into investor suggestions to issue global bonds this year to prefund next year's borrowing needs, Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said...
MANILA, Sept 23 - The Philippines is not planning to return to the global bond market this year, National Treasurer Roberto Tan said on Wednesday, in response to market talk the government was in discussion...
MANILA, Sept 22 - The Philippines, facing a record budget deficit this year, raised less than 115 billion pesos ($2.4 billion) from the sale of retail bonds, one of the arrangers said on Tuesday. The...
MANILA, Sept 16 - The Philippines is likely to issue Samurai bonds in the fourth quarter after the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) agreed to lower the guarantee fee on the bonds, the national...
* Record sale of over 100 bln pesos seen for retail bonds * Treasury's retail bond auction over 2.8 times subscribed * Debt yields fall after bond auction (Adds amounts bid at auction) MANILA, Sept...
MACTAN, Philippines, Oct 29 - Vietnam is likely to start inter-government discussions with the Philippines to supply 1.5 million tonnes of rice for 2010 after Manila's rice tender on Nov. 4, an industry official said...