PHILIPPINE SHARES may rise slightly when the market reopens on Friday as investors reposition before the US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell’s speech at their annual gathering and the Bangko ...

THE Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) said it has no immediate plans to lift its moratorium on issuing new licenses for online gaming platforms. Asked whether the moratorium, which began ...

THE Board of Investments (BoI) said it endorsed Pacific Impact Energy Corp.’s (PIEC) solar power project in Sual, Pangasinan for green-lane treatment. In a statement on Thursday, the BoI said it has ...

Economic Estates said it is exploring ways to leverage assets in the Visayas and Mindanao, particularly around airports managed by the group. Monica Lorenzana Trajano, vice-president and head of ...

THE PHILIPPINES on Thursday said it had not received a formal request from Washington for the extradition of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder Apollo C. Quiboloy, who is facing multiple criminal ...

ARMED CLASHES in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) could destabilize the region’s first parliamentary elections, amid delays in disarming former combatants and intensifying ...

A MEASURE requiring round-the-clock construction of the government’s flagship infrastructure projects has been filed in the Senate to accelerate delivery and minimize costly delays. Senate Bill No.

Sara Duterte-Carpio on Thursday rejected Malacañang’s claim that she was a “total failure” during her stint as Education secretary, saying President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. himself had asked her to ...

During last month’s deadly floods in Beijing, rural hotel owner Cui Jian and his guests spent the night stranded on a rooftop in torrential rain before rescuers battled through meter-high mud and silt ...

President Donald J. Trump’s administration has said it will assess applicants for US work, study and immigration visas for “anti-Americanism” and count any such finding against them, sparking concern ...

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, after Israel announced the first steps of an operation to take over Gaza City. “It is vital to reach ...

Taiwan plans to boost defense spending by a fifth next year, surpassing 3% of gross domestic product (GDP), as it invests billions more in new equipment to better face down China and convince the ...