ABOUT 14,000 Filipino and American soldiers kicked off their annual combat drills in the Philippines on Monday, with the war games to be staged near key locations facing regional flashpoints like the ...

PHILIPPINE lawmakers should raise the taxes on sugary and alcoholic drinks as well as cigarettes to curb consumption and generate revenue for public health programs, health experts said. The extra ...

Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio on Monday endorsed senatorial candidates aligned with the ruling party during her father’s presidency, along with two candidates from outside the party, amid the widening rift ...

THE Department of Transportation (DoTr) said it had deployed additional train sets for Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) to accommodate more passengers. In a media release on Monday, DoTr said it will ...

PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Monday ordered his government to combat fake news and disinformation, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said. “The directive of the ...

NEW NAIA Infra Corp. (NNIC), the private operator of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) saw higher passenger volume at the country’s main gateway during the Holy Week.  In a media release on ...

A PHILIPPINE Senator on Monday called for administrative penalties on government officials who were negligent in following policies in the raid of smuggled cigarettes. In a statement Senator Sherwin T ...

THE Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) on Monday said it plans to aggressively expand its network of sectoral partners to boost the government’s efforts to rehabilitate forests in the country.

A hundred rapid deployment Army combatants, trained in ranger-style maneuvers, arrived in Basilan on Sunday to support the security efforts of the Commission on Elections in the island province. Brig.

THE PHILIPPINES should take advantage of the 90-day pause before the higher US tariffs set in to attract manufacturers relocating from heavily tariffed China, an industrialist said. Concepcion ...

PHILCO FOOD Processing, Inc., a unit of Thai World Group of Companies, is building an over P1-billion coconut processing facility in Misamis Oriental, according to the Philippine Economic Zone ...

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said it will more strictly enforce the penalties for producing and selling substandard steel. In a statement on Monday, Assistant Trade Secretary Agaton ...