FISHERIES production fell 5.1% year on year in the third quarter, with declines reported across all segments of the industry, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). In its quarterly ...

THE Department of Education (DepEd) will use more complex, real-world type of questions in its practice tests to address persistent weaknesses in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ...

LEGISLATORS are sending big-ticket projects to unprogrammed appropriations to free up fiscal space for “pet projects” forcing economic managers to source excess funds from government-owned and ...

TYPHOON USAGI (Local name: Ofel) has intensified into a super typhoon as it is forecast to make landfall over Cagayan or northern Isabela on Thursday afternoon, the state weather bureau announced on ...

A House of Representatives committee on Wednesday approved a measure that will impose stiffer penalties against sexual abuse. The House women and gender equality committee will be consolidating House ...

The Bangsamoro government has started releasing allowances for 4,000 frontliners involved in the mitigation efforts against the coronavirus pandemic in the autonomous region from 2020 to 2023. Radio ...

THE Philippines remained one of the most digitally uncompetitive countries, according to a report by the International Institute for Management Development’s World Competitiveness Center. — PHILIPPINE ...

METRO PACIFIC Tollways Corp. (MPTC) is aiming for a 50-50 division in its planned merger with San Miguel Corp. (SMC), a company official said. “For us, the 50-50 split is a very ideal scenario… It’s a ...

RIDE-HAILING and delivery gig workers need to spend extended hours on the road and even then, struggle to net the equivalent of minimum wage, according to Fairwork Philippines, an advocacy for ...

PRIVATE SECTOR ANALYSTS surveyed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) still expect headline inflation to remain within ...

FOREIGN INVESTMENT pledges received by Philippine investment promotion agencies (IPA) surged in the third quarter, driven by investments from South Korea and Switzerland, the statistics agency ...

LOWER INTEREST RATES and easing inflation will fuel double-digit credit growth in the Philippines through 2025, S&P Global Ratings said.