LONDON — Barbados has completed what it calls the world’s first ‘debt-for-climate resilience’ swap which will see it invest ...

BingoPlus Foundation extended its commitment to community welfare by organizing a two-day optical mission and distribution of ...

The United States on Monday launched its third crackdown in three years on China’s semiconductor industry, curbing exports to ...

THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a combined $2.85-million package for the Philippines to address climate change and expand access to renewable energy. The package was approved on Nov. 28, ...

THE Department of Agrarian Reform  (DAR) said that groups citing ownership of a 7,000-hectare Bugsuk Island in Palawan do not have claim and are not party to agrarian reform distribution. “They have ...

A HOUSE of Representatives committee on Tuesday approved a bill extending the term limits of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials to six years from the current three to insulate local ...

MANILA should push for the acquisition of more South Korean military jets, frigates, and an increase of technology transfer with Seoul to boost the Southeast Asian nation’s defense posture amid ...

THE PHILIPPINE Senate is prepared to act as an impartial court ahead of a potential impeachment trial against Vice-President Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio, the Senate President said on Tuesday, as more ...

THE MAIN INDEX inched lower on Tuesday due to profit taking and as expectations that Philippine economic growth would miss the government’s target this year affected market sentiment. The benchmark ...

THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said it confiscated more than half a million vape pods from illicit sellers with an estimated total tax liability reaching P415.36 million. “After a month of its ...

THE PESO appreciated to a near one-month high against the dollar on Tuesday after a US Federal Reserve official hinted at a rate cut this month. The local unit closed at P58.58 per dollar on Tuesday, ...

A DEPARTMENT of Agriculture (DA) official said the council that will enforce Republic Act (RA) No. 12022, or the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act, could hold its first meeting before year’s end ...