THE PHILIPPINE Senate on Monday concurred with the ratification of Manila’s military agreement with Tokyo that will facilitate the exchange and combined training of their troops. The Reciprocal Access ...

WORKERS in Region XIII (Caraga) will see a P50 boost in their entry daily wages following the National Wages and Productivity Commission’s (NWPC) approval of new wage orders issued by the Regional ...

THE DECISION by lawmakers to deny Philippine Health Insurance Corp.’s (PhilHealth) state subsidy for next year could lead to an increase in premium contributions for paying members, a lawmaker said on ...

THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Monday exempted 16 more medicines for cancer, diabetes, and mental illness from the value-added tax (VAT). “The BIR exempts from VAT an additional 16 medicines ...

THE Supreme Court (SC) ruled that schools cannot suspend or dismiss unmarried teachers for becoming pregnant, citing such actions as discriminatory and a violation of constitutional rights to privacy.

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) with the University of the Philippines (UP) and its Alumni Association (UPAA), formally launched the UP Job Placement Office (JPO) to enhance employment ...

THE PHILIPPINE government could cite a 1950 rice law and a 1948 executive order by then-President Elpidio R. Quirino to curb ...

Plainclothes policemen seized P170,000 worth of crystal meth (shabu) from two traffickers reportedly linked to two local terror groups, entrapped in Barangay Brar in Datu Anggal Midtimbang, ...

Power rates in Baguio City and Benguet province increased this December. Consumers will pay 23 centavos more per kilowatt-hour (kWh) this month, the power distributor Benguet Electric Cooperative ...

PHILIPPINE STOCKS closed nearly flat on Monday, recouping large losses seen intraday, as investors were cautious ahead of the ...

THE PESO fell to a near three-week low against the dollar on Monday amid market expectations of slower rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve next year. The local unit closed at P58.671 per dollar on ...

THE PHILIPPINES is “relatively immune” to the impact of a potential slowdown in China due to a trade war with the United ...