The Philippines likely missed its target of growing the economy by 6 percent in 2024 due to multiple typhoons that caused disruptions in the local farm sector and industries. “We probably did not hit ...

OVER 200,000  Filipino household service workers (HSW) in Kuwait may be affected if the government imposes a new deployment restriction for Kuwait following the recently reported deaths of two ...

FAIRNESS and equality must guide the assignment of ballot numbers, the Commission on Elections has said, rejecting proposals to place a belatedly added senatorial candidate at the end of the list. In ...

ELECTION lawyer Romulo Macalintal on Sunday urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) not to remove from the ballots the names of disqualified candidates for the 2025 midterm elections who have ...

THE House of Representatives’ Committee on the Welfare of Children has approved a bill that imposes stricter penalties on parents or fathers who refuse to provide financial support for their children.

The Philippine government has allocated an additional P3.03 billion this year to strengthen its infrastructure development in the Kalayaan Island Group, located in the northeastern section of the ...

ALL Afghans who arrived in the Philippines to process their application for immigrant visas to the United States have flown to the US last week. Kanishka Gangopadhyay, spokesperson for the US Embassy ...

Anglers, bikers and lovers and families are enjoying a quiet and cool afternoon at the Harbour Square promenade in CCP Complex, Pasay City. Bernard Testa ...

FILIPINO and US warships and combat aircraft conducted this year’s first maritime cooperative activity (MCA) at the West Philippine Sea (WPS) over the weekend, the Armed Forces (AFP) said on Sunday.

A LAWMAKER has attributed the rising electricity costs experienced by consumers to delayed regulatory approvals, and said that holding the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) solely ...

WHILE the Philippines is unlikely to be affected by Trump’s tariff policies given its balanced trade with the US, it must address “potential impacts” on electronics manufacturing services and ...

Ma. Stella F. Arnaldo / Special to the BusinessMirror The Year of the Wood Snake slithers in on January 29, heralding “changes and reformation,” as it is dominated by the fire element; this will last ...