THE Marcos administration may have reached a single-digit poverty rate ahead of its 2028 target, but economists cautioned that the headline improvement may be masking gaps in how poverty and living ...

THE Philippines’ insurance penetration rate slipped below the government’s target in the second quarter, falling to 1.96 percent, data from the Insurance Commission (IC) showed. Insurance penetration, ...

BROAD coalition Sinag urged the government to halt additional imports amid weather disturbances that disrupted agricultural production. This, as agricultural damage caused by the southwest monsoon and ...

DOMESTIC oil prices will likely increase by as much as PHP2.25 per liter next week due to an uptick in prices in the international market. Citing price developments as of Thursday, Leo Bellas, Jetti ...

DEMAND for electrified SUVs will get a lift as the rainy season pushes motorists to favor vehicles with higher ground clearance, Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corp. (MMPC) said. The outlook comes as ...

AMID concern about balancing good governance reforms with boosting infrastructure spending to reverse a steady slide in growth, the Senate will continue to exercise strict oversight of the country’s ...

TO allow people to cast their vote in the first ever Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary polls, President Ferdinand Marcos declared a special non-working holiday in ...

The regional travel fair opened by the Bangsamoro government harped its long stride from the image of conflict to being the host of corporate agricultural and business expansion and successes in ...

CEBU CITY—Cebu authorities are further tightening security in schools across the province following the arrest of a 21-year-old man over an alleged online threat against a school in Bantayan town and ...

LA Mesa Ecopark strengthens its role in championing “biodiverCity” or biodiversity in the city, environmental protection and water security as it recently hosted the La Mesa Ecopark its Executive ...

THE government has so far sheltered 15,523 families or 52,543 persons affected by the combined effects of Luis, Maymay, and Neneng and the ongoing southwest monsoon (‘habagat’), the Office of Civil ...

THE rash of recantations by witnesses with supposedly explosive allegations related to the flood-control fund mess indicates a growing “business” in alleging and then withdrawing claims, Sen. Panfilo ...