REDUCING the deficit and making the country less dependent on debt can only become a reality if crucial legislative reforms are undertaken, according to the Department of Finance (DOF).

THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has lifted the suspension on the collection of the Feed-in Tariff Allowance (FIT-All). This means that consumers will resume paying the FIT-All rate of P0.0364 per kilowatt hour (kWh) that will be reflected in th...

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The World Health Organization (WHO), the leading international body responsible for public health, on Monday launched an appeal for $1.5 billion to protect the health of the most vulnerable populations in 41 emergencies around the globe. The appeal co...

Fascinated early on with a local healing ritual called “pagbawi” (literally “to get back” or “to recover”), I have, through the years, never stopped trying to understand the process.

Urban restructuring in developing countries through “globalization of cities in the South” is the intermediate economic background of Marco Garrido’s (2019) more than a decade long ethnographical study of Manila communities made up of urban poor settl...

Since assuming the chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Finance in 2019, we have been committed towards strengthening our public health care system. Providing access to quality health care to all, particularly to our disadvantaged countrymen, is on...

It’s not capital, a business degree, connections or name that is essential in launching a business. It is work ethic—and if you got that because of your working-class background, it is even more powerful.

Jurisprudence on labor claims, including those involving Filipino seafarers, can be influenced by the interface of law and economics.

The all-day dining international buffet sets the stage for exciting weekday lunch gatherings with its distinctive 4+1 and 8+2 dining offers available from January to March

TWO days after the controversial congratulatory message of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to pro-independence Taiwanese president-elect, China and the Philippines went ahead with the scheduled high-level dialogue on defusing tension in the West Philip...

CHARTER change will not solve the country’s problems in terms of attracting the investments it needs to boost economic growth, according to a local economist and Ibon Foundation Inc.

WHILE it has yet to release a “position” on Charter change,the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) said amendments to the Constitution should revolve around ownership caps and industry limitations to address the issues that hamper the coun...

THE government is now eyeing returning overseas Filipino workers (OFW) to help address the country’s labor shortage in tourism under a new program of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and the Department of Tourism (DOT).

Tycoons Manuel V. Pangilinan and Ramon S. Ang may team up to bid for the privatization of Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3).

Businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan said telco giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) is likely to set aside a lower capital expenditure (capex) for this year.

Boeing Co. won an order for 150 Max jets from India’s newest airline, in a rare spot of good news for the US planemaker since a piece of fuselage blew off an Alaska Airlines flight almost two weeks ago.  

Conglomerate Ayala Corp. said there are “persistent gaps to close” in several sectors in the Philippines, including education, health and agriculture.

Regional property developer Cebu Landmasters Inc. (CLI) has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) its registration statement for the issuance of P5-billion perpetual preferred shares, which it will list on the Philippine Stock Exchange.

China looks all but certain to hit its growth goal of about 5 percent for 2023, shifting attention to whether deflation risks, the housing crisis and a lingering confidence crunch will derail efforts to build momentum this year. 

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden’s administration keeps pressing Israel to reengage with Palestinians as partners once fighting in Gaza is over and support their eventual independence. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu keeps saying no.

WARSAW, Poland—Prosecutors in Poland are investigating after commentators joked on a right-wing television station that migrants should be sent to Auschwitz or be tattooed or microchipped like dogs, and some companies have pulled advertising from the ...

VATICAN CITY—The Vatican on Thursday unveiled plans for a yearlong restoration of the monumental baldacchino, or canopy, over the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica, pledging to complete the work on Bernini’s masterpiece before Pope Francis’ big 2025 ...

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