PM orders nationwide review of illegal foreign land ownership by end of December

Bangkok Post - Oct 19, 2026

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered provincial governors to look into land plots suspected of being illegally owned by foreigners by the end of December, with a view to subsequently revoking the title deeds.

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MANILA, Philippines — Investments at economic zones drew closer to reaching a record high in 2026 after the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) approved new projects that brought its year-to-date pipeline to P309.63 billion, surpassing the agency’s full-year target. According to Peza, the investment tally as of October marked a 76.56-percent increase from P175.365 billion

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Visa eyes stablecoin rollout in PH 

Oct 23, 2026

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MANILA, Philippines — Global payments firm Visa is exploring stablecoin use cases with Philippine banks and fintechs as it seeks to reduce the cost and friction of cross-border payments, amid still limited awareness and trust in the emerging digital currency among Filipino consumers. This comes as Visa’s Money Travels 2026 study found that roughly four

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Trump swears he 'knows nothing' about brutal mother attack ad in Ohio... then drags his own mom into the fight

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Former Bangsamoro parliament member Edrieza Hadji Nasser Rimbang on Friday denied involvement in the attempted smuggling of P3.5 billion worth of illegal drugs from Laos to the Philippines.

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