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Pork prices at Pasig Mega Market fell by as much as ₱50 per kilogram while the House passed a ₱7.2-trillion national budget for 2027, and a senator asked lenders to waive interest for small sellers ahead of a feared Super El Niño.
Testimony at Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial tied five Jollibee branches to a company under scrutiny, while Jollibee separately announced 189 stores shifting to renewable energy and promoted a ₱99 value meal.
September inflation returned to 7.2 percent with food as a main driver, while fuel prices were set to move in opposite directions on October 13 and the government assured supply ahead of a strong El Niño. Magnolia's playoff-clinching win over Ginebra drew the day's heaviest sports coverage.
Jordan Murphy's 30-point debut for Barangay Ginebra and Magnolia's fourth straight win reshaped the PBA Governors' Cup standings, while food-price reports and festival promotions rounded out the day's industry conversation.
A forensic analyst told Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial that a company she declared owns five Jollibee franchises in Davao City, part of a day of testimony on undeclared income. Food-price and farmgate stories also ran through the day's coverage.
The Philippines' first October fuel adjustment splits diesel and gasoline, and the Confederation of Truckers Association of the Philippines halts operations the same day. Exporters project record merchandise exports while economists caution that domestic constraints may limit gains from a Philippines-European Union free trade agreement.
A viral claim of water-contaminated RON95 petrol triggered inspections of six Perak stations, while Iloilo weighed a province-wide calamity declaration over P1.18 billion in crop losses from a sugarcane pest. Coconut, pork tariff, and halal supply-chain stories filled out the day's business coverage.
Philippine inflation accelerated to 7.2 percent in September 2026, the fastest in more than three years, as food and utility costs rose. The reading ended a four-month slowdown and pushed the year-to-date average to 5.4 percent, above the central bank's target range.
Diesel falls P1.30 per liter while gasoline rises P1.93, and authorities seize 11.5 metric tons of undocumented imported meat in Pasay City. AstraZeneca's planned Manila clinical trial center and a 12% drop in Negros sugar output round out the day's business coverage.
The Sugar Regulatory Administration asked Washington for until November to decide whether the Philippines can fill its US sugar quota, after El Niño and pest infestation pushed projected raw sugar output to a two-decade low. Separately, merchandise exports hit a record $9.11 billion in August on electronics demand.
A staggered ₱18-per-kilogram LPG increase began on October 3, wiping out the savings from the suspended excise tax on the fuel. Transport group MANIBELA asked Metro Manila mayors to delay the return of no-contact traffic enforcement, citing fuel and food prices.
Metro Pacific Investments Corp. agreed to buy an additional 1.9 percent of Manila Electric Co. from San Miguel for ₱12.4 billion, the day's most consequential business story. The rest of the captured coverage ranged from a Davao investment program and a restaurant investment-scam warning to a Jollibee fried-chicken award and a Palawan African swine fever case.
