Businessworld/ June 1, 2021

Headlines:

• BSP chief says policy adjustments by mid-2022
• Good Samaritans give help amid Philippine coronavirus hardships, fill state void
• Bank lending shrinks 5% in April
• Filipino consumers remain optimistic
• Philippine banana plant parts banned in the US
• Aboitiz firm to issue third tranche of P30-B bonds
• Former ranking gov’t officials join Converge board
• Globe secures almost 800 permits to build new towers
• Palace signals intent to slow-walk Bayanihan III
• Inflation likely settled at 4-4.8% in May — BSP
• PHL seen missing out on ASEAN-6 export boom
• LGU funding boost from SC ruling eyed for agri
• Central monitoring system for PUVs to be launched this month
• Philippine stocks drop as investors pocket gains