With car sales expected to top 500K units this year, local auto manufacturing should be pursued with vigor THE PHILIPPINE ...

THE PHILIPPINES and Palau have signed an agreement to manage their fisheries more sustainably, the Department of Agriculture ...

THE PESO may continue to appreciate against the dollar this week before the US Federal Reserve’s policy meeting and amid the ...

On March 5, leading doctors and public health advocates gathered at the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) headquarters in Quezon City to sound the alarm on the growing epidemic of alcohol, tobacco, ...

THE PHILIPPINES’ outstanding external debt rose by nearly 10% year on year as of end-2024, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said.

Anthony Vaccarello, creative director of French fashion house Yves Saint Laurent, showed a runway lineup of evening-appropriate minidresses in bright colors and round, voluminous gowns, capping over a ...

The Philippines placed 74th out of 138 countries and territories in the 2024 edition of the World Air Quality Report by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir. Air quality in the country, as ...

RODRIGO DUTERTE built his presidency on a promise: to wage a war on drugs so ruthless that the fish in Manila Bay would “grow fat” from the bodies of the dead. By the time he left office in 2022, ...

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) paused the reduction of the benchmark rate at 5.75% in the first policy meeting last month. No surprise here, after the US Federal Reserve Board (Fed) paused its ...

POWER distributor Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said it targets to increase its energy sales volume by 4.5% this year. The company is targeting at least 56,000 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in energy sales ...

THE PHILIPPINE Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) wants to introduce a risk-based assessment system to prevent banks from taking on too much leverage following the increase in the maximum deposit ...

SEVEN-SEATERS are all the rage these days — fueled in no small part by the Filipino penchant for moving in groups. Whether big family or big barkada, we are a highly social, sociable people.