THE Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) launched a satellite-aided crop insurance system for rice farmers, which will facilitate the issuance of ...

THE PESO weakened to a near one-month low against the dollar on Monday following strong US labor data and as markets anticipate the latest round of trade negotiations between the United States and ...

THE PHILIPPINE Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading measures that will hasten infrastructure projects, create a nuclear energy regulatory body, and ban all remnants of Philippine ...

THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Monday said it would assess the reef damage caused by a Chinese maritime ship that ran aground in shallow waters off Thitu Island in the South China Sea at the ...

SENATE PRESIDENT Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero on Monday said he would convene the Senate as an impeachment court on June 11 for the trial of Vice-President  (VP) Sara Duterte-Carpio. “That is what’s on ...

PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., on Monday reaffirmed his commitment to fixing the country’s chronic teacher shortage, estimated in the tens of thousands, as public schools prepare to ...

Government officials, including two assistants of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., declared Basilan as absolutely liberated from the Abu Sayyaf terror group via a symbolic rite on Monday morning.

THE Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is earmarking more than P400 million to upgrade a key port in Samar and to establish alternate transport routes between Samar and Leyte, the port regulator said on ...

THE Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) on Monday warned that a House of Representatives-approved bill mandating a P200 daily minimum wage hike could put pressure on inflation and threaten ...

Human error is the leading cause of traffic accidents in the city, the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) said, citing that it caused approximately 95% of incidents recorded over the past five months.

THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) chief on Monday dismissed allegations of corruption and misconduct from anonymous employees, adding the accusations were “orchestrated” and part of a “well-funded ...

THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and the Bureau of Customs (BoC) on Monday unveiled a new regulatory framework aimed at overhauling the country’s sea cargo forwarding industry in response to ...