TYPHOON Nika has damaged crops, fisheries and farm infrastructure worth P248.47 million, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). The DA said in its latest bulletin that typhoon Nika displaced ...

THE Commission on Elections announced on Saturday that the transmission of votes during the 2025 midterm elections could take as little as one minute, following the successful nationwide and ...

NEWLY-APPOINTED Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (SILG) Juanito Victor “Jonvic” Remulla is set to appear before the bicameral Commission on Appointments (CA) for his confirmation hearing ...

MORE than 183,000 minimum wage earners and domestic help in Eastern Visayas are set to receive an increase in their salaries starting next month. In a statement released on Friday, the labor ...

A TOTAL of 10,018 public schools are missing localized anti-bullying policies, as required under Republic Act 10627, the Anti-Bullying Act of 2013, Department of Education (DepEd) officials told ...

THE Philippines is targeting to ship more Hass avocados to Japan next year after it gained access to the East Asian nation’s food market. The Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), an agency attached to the ...

RICHARD Chong Woo Shin, the Korean-Canadian chief financial officer of local fast food giant Jollibee Foods Corp., has been named as the “CFO of the Year” in awards organized by the ING Bank N.V.

AFTER earning kudos for the timely opening of the first phase of the LRT Line 1 extension, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) was called out by senators for failing to fully utilize loans as well ...

BDO breaks ground on corporate center in Makati BDO Unibank Inc. announced recently its top executives led a time capsule-laying ceremony last Friday, marking the commencement of construction of the ...

AS the total ban on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) kick in next year, senators are keen on ensuring that programs are firmly in place in next year’s budget for helping thousands of ...

Researchers engaged in genetic modification (GM) and gene editing (GE) may not fully consider the broader social and ethical implications of their work, according to experts.  During a forum titled ...

Fish unloaded in the country’s regional ports rose by 4.37 percent year-on-year in the third quarter despite bad weather, according to the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA). In its ...