Category : World

By Justine Irish D. Tabile, Senior Reporter THE ASIAN Development Bank (ADB) cut its growth forecasts for the Philippines for this year and next year,...

By Erika Mae P. Sinaking, Reporter THE PHILIPPINES’ unemployment rate rose to 4.8% in May as job losses in agriculture, driven by bad weather, outweighed...

By Katherine K. Chan, Reporter PHILIPPINE BANKS’ loan growth posted its fastest pace in over a year in May as lagged effects of interest rate...

By Ashley Erika O. Jose, Reporter PHILIPPINE AIRLINES (PAL) announced on Wednesday that it had priced its inaugural $300-million (P18.45-billion) international bond offering after receiving...

THE Senate on Wednesday elected Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian as Senate president, ending a leadership dispute that had threatened to delay action on legislative measures...

THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is pushing legislation that will restrict access to social media platforms for children aged 16 and below...

MALACAÑANG has ordered an investigation into the implementation of state health insurance benefits following allegations that a hospital denied Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) coverage...

THE National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) on Wednesday confirmed the removal of a floating platform previously monitored at Scarborough Shoal, citing...

POWER CONSTRAINTS in the Visayas grid are expected to ease as two major power plants currently on forced outage are set to resume operations, according...

Pag-IBIG Fund is offering the Special Assistance for Financial Emergencies or SAFE Loan, which provides qualified members with up to P10,000 in affordable cash assistance...