PHOTO SHOWS an underwater drone with Chinese markings from the Philippine National Police in Bicol, Dec. 30, 2024. — PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE REGIONAL OFFICE 5 A PHILIPPINE senator on Monday filed a ...

MERCHANDISE exports in the Asia-Pacific region are expected to grow by up to 3.5% in 2025 despite a slower recovery in major economies and potential trade tensions, the United Nations Economic and ...

Every new year is a new chapter to embrace the graces and challenges life brings, which gives us opportunities to make a significant journey that will hopefully inspire others. Nonetheless, the ...

THREE HUNDRED Afghan nationals who are awaiting resettlement in the United States arrived in the Philippines on Monday while US officials process their special immigrant visa applications, according ...

MORE THAN 200 Filipinos detained in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were pardoned in time for its 53rd National Day, the Philippine government said on Monday. The pardon of 220 detained Filipinos, ...

FISCAL and monetary tools for spurring the economies of the region are limited, with governments still consolidating the debt they took on during the pandemic and interest rate cuts unlikely to be ...

TOURISM receipts topped P760 billion in 2024, rising 9.04% and setting a new record, the Department of Tourism (DoT) said. In a statement on Monday, the DoT said tourism receipts in 2024 totaled P760.

LA NIÑA conditions are now present in the tropical pacific leading to higher chances of rainfall activity in the coming months, the state weather bureau said on Monday. “With this development, higher ...

THE Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) set its 2025 passenger target at 85.41 million, exceeding by  9.5% the target set in 2024. PPA General Manager Jay Daniel R. Santiago said more sea travel is ...

IT IS high time the 1982 Accessibility Law is amended or overhauled to respond to the needs of sectors apart from persons with disabilities (PWDs), a lawmaker said on Monday. “The Accessibility Law is ...

A RESOLUTION urging the House of Representatives to conduct an investigation for the closure of small-scale rice and corn mills in over a thousand barangays in a span of a decade was filed on Monday.

THE Department of Health (DoH) on Monday said firework-related injuries this holiday season have breached the 800-mark. DoH has recorded 843 cases from Dec. 22 to Jan. 6, which were 38% higher than ...