Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he is seeking direct talks with Beirut, a day after the worst bombardment of the war killed more than 300 people in Lebanon and placed Donald ...

THE PHILIPPINE government is looking to earmark P60 billion to support the local manufacturing of electric vehicles (EVs), with the Department of Trade and Industry citing rising fuel costs and the ...

S&P GLOBAL RATINGS revised the Philippines’ credit outlook to “stable” from “positive,” citing risks to the country’s external and fiscal position from surging energy prices due to the Middle East ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. ordered a fresh round of transport subsidies under the government’s service contracting program, including at least a 20% fare discount for commuters and a fuel ...

THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) is looking to remove limits on tenors of salary-based loans and instead allow financial institutions to decide on terms based on their assessment of borrowers’ ...

THE SECURITIES and Exchange Commission (SEC) said its move to allow umbrella funds — investment companies that house multiple sub-funds under a single legal structure — is meant to simplify ...

MEMBERS of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are working on expanding a regional crisis financing initiative as they deal with the economic fallout from the Middle East conflict, the ...

PROPERTY DEVELOPER Federal Land, Inc. said its operations remain steady despite war in the Middle East, while preparing contingency measures to cushion potential risks to demand and costs.

THE Department of Transportation (DoTr) is moving to the full feasibility study stage of the P100.64‑billion Mindanao Railway project Phase 3, according to the Public‑Private Partnership (PPP) Center.

THE TIMING of the Philippines’ withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) may not be sufficient to shield former President Rodrigo R. Duterte from prosecution, experts said, as the court ...

Inflation-adjusted wages were 22.4% to 27.9% lower than the current daily minimum wages across regions in the Philippines in March. Meanwhile, in peso terms, real wages were lower by around P101.28 to ...

EVERY $20 rise in the price of crude, persisting for six months, is expected to raise Philippine inflation by 0.62 percentage point (ppt), the World Bank said. It added that Thailand is even more ...