THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it ordered the creation of a program management office for the Sagip Saka Act of 2019. The office, which will be under the direct supervision of the Secretary ...

Asian countries exporting to the US must bolster intra-regional trade to mitigate any disruptions caused by US tariffs, an academic said.

THE COURT of Appeals has removed the LAND BANK of the Philippines (LANDBANK) as a party respondent to the compensation case for Hacienda Luisita, Inc. (HLI). “LANDBANK wishes to clarify that the Bank ...

THE PHILIPPINES needs to build fiscal buffers to remain resilient against economic shocks given the below-target growth projected over the medium term, the World Bank said. “The Philippines will ...

THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) announced plans for a public inquiry next month into the failure of the power system in Siquijor province. In a statement on Thursday, the ERC said it ordered ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., left for Osaka, Japan, on Thursday to attend business meetings and meet with Filipinos based in the East Asian country, Malacañang said. Mr. Marcos will attend the ...

THE DEPARTMENT of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday said it had facilitated the evacuation Philippine state officials who were stranded in Israel after Iran’s missile strikes.

MORE THAN 50 Chinese vessels were anchored near a disputed reef in the South China Sea, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Thursday, a day after accusing Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) vessels of ...

THE Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said it is seeking a state of calamity declaration in Negros Occidental to expedite pesticide procurement in response to the red-striped soft scale insect ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., is open to the Philippines rejoining the International Criminal Court (ICC) after his predecessor Rodrigo R. Duterte unilaterally exited the tribunal in 2019, ...

PHILIPPINE STOCKS edged higher on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve signaled two cuts this year and before the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) delivered a second straight reduction in benchmark ...

THE PHILIPPINES will focus on attracting investment in priority sectors like mining, semiconductors, and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled data centers. “For the next three years, our focus will be ...