WHOLESALE price growth of construction materials in Metro Manila was flat while retail price growth accelerated in December, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Thursday. Citing ...

US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald J. Trump’s pick for top diplomat urged China to stop “messing around” with the Philippines and Taiwan, saying Washington would keep its focus on the Indo-Pacific region.

THE House of Representatives is no longer keen on pursuing impeachment complaints against Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio given President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s opposition to it, a congressman ...

A BILL seeking to modernize the Philippine defense establishment by overhauling the mandate and authority of the Department of National Defense (DND) was filed at the House of Representatives last ...

Three drug peddlers, long wanted for distributing narcotics near school campuses and in far-flung farming enclaves, were arrested in an entrapment operation by the Philippine Drug Enforcement ...

THE PHILIPPINE Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has done away with a policy that requires patients who experience life-threatening medical emergencies to be confined in a hospital for 24 hours ...

THE DEPARTMENT of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) said it has garnered a 100% resolution rate in addressing complaints in 2024. The agency received a total of 758 concerns from Jan. 1 ...

Power rates in Baguio City and Benguet province dipped this January, the Benguet Electric Cooperative (BENECO) said. BENECO’s January 2025 rate of P10.7718 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) is lesser by P0.2025 ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) first extension office in Northwestern Luzon has opened in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte. Governor Matthew J. Marcos Manotoc and SEC Chairperson Emilio B.

Second-seed Iga Swiatek waltzed into the third round of the Australian Open on Thursday with fellow Grand Slam champions Emma Raducanu and Elena Rybakina also winners on a bright and sunny day at ...

ANTHONY DAVIS scored 22 points with 11 rebounds, LeBron James added 22 points with nine assists and the Los Angeles Lakers ended a three-game losing streak by rallying for a 117-108 victory on ...

Elbow inflammation sidelined Nikola Jokic on Thursday, and the effect of his absence was as expected for the Nuggets; a debilitating loss to the Rockets at home. The irony was that he couldn’t even ...