GROWING expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike combined with higher oil prices amid renewed tensions in the Middle East put further pressure on the Philippine peso, which fell to a new all-time ...

AIR quality in Metro Manila has dropped to an all-time low owing to the smoke and haze from a forest fire in Indonesia, the ...

THE Social Security System (SSS) sees room to be more aggressive in managing its assets, as higher interest rates provide an ...

THE country’s manufacturing sector accelerated in August to its strongest pace in nearly a decade, as stronger orders, a return of export growth and renewed hiring lifted factory activity after a flat ...

AT least half of Filipinos could be classified as poor under a substantially higher poverty threshold suited to the economy of an upper-middle-income country (Umic), according to the country’s former ...

ANALYSTS have pointed out the need to generate ample dollar earnings to meet future external debt obligations even as latest ...

Subic stakeholders and civic groups have appealed for an independent investigation into the August 29 landslide at an industrial park in the Subic Bay Fay Freeport, saying the fatal accident raises ...

THE Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) is seeking roughly P250 million to modernize its aging digital infrastructure and deploy a dedicated Disaster Recovery System, after a cyberattack on its ...

MULTILATERAL development banks (MDBs) are seeking a more coordinated response to vulnerabilities in global fertilizer supply chains, with financing, infrastructure, and more efficient fertilizer use ...

THE Department of Tourism (DOT) is working to expand the visa-free status of mainland Chinese tourists to allow them to arrive directly in select airports outside of Manila and Cebu. In a press ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assured the public that the first-ever parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will be safe, peaceful and credible. Marcos ...

LEAD defense lawyer Sheila Sison asserted on the 20th day of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial that while the defense was willing to stipulate that no confidential funds were transferred ...