THERE may be a decline in the overall number of working children in the Philippines, but more and more Filipino minors are being drawn into the services sector—a trend that has steadily climbed over ...

Meanwhile, the cost of building in bulk in Metro Manila crept up in April this year, driven largely by a sharp increase in tileworks prices, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. The ...

THE Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) registered a 5.1-percent uptick in its net income for the first three months of 2025, rising to P254.67 million from P242.38 million in the same period last ...

The Bangsamoro environmental ministry has commissioned a study of the Agus River flowing through the two Lanao provinces to find baseline information of its water volume and quality, the usage ...

A LEADER of the House of Representatives on Friday brushed off concerns of a political backlash stemming from the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, pointing to the reelection of 86 percent ...

THE arrest orders issued by a Pampanga court against Harry Roque, Cassi Li Ong, and others involved in the Porac POGO hub scandal are a welcome development in “our crusade against POGOs,” Deputy ...

THE National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) on Friday said no unusual activity was observed during the 2025 midterm elections, but reiterated that some irregularities deserve further ...

ANKARA, Turkey—Russia and Ukraine are set to hold their first direct peace talks in three years, both countries said Thursday, but hopes for a breakthrough remained dim after Russian President ...

LEADERS of the House of Representatives are confident that Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) President Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez will remain Speaker in the 20th Congress. Deputy Speaker ...

TWELVE winning senatorial candidates in the May 2025 polls—led by reelectionist Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go—will be proclaimed on Saturday, May 17, in what the Commission on Elections considers the ...

Klaus Schwab’s abrupt departure from the World Economic Forum, the influential organization he founded and led for more than half a century, has complicated carefully laid plans to persuade Christine ...

Klaus Schwab’s abrupt departure from the World Economic Forum, the influential organization he founded and led for more than half a century, has complicated carefully laid plans to persuade Christine ...