DAVAO CITY—More free wireless fidelity (WiFi) sites are being eyed for installation this year in public places in Davao del Norte as the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) seeks funding from the World Bank on its National B...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip—Israeli strikes across Gaza killed 19 people overnight, including a woman and her six children, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the region on Sunday to try to seal a cease-fire deal after months of contentio...

BANGKOK—Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, became Thailand’s prime minister after receiving a royal letter of endorsement Sunday, two days after she was chosen by Parliament following a court order that ...

Russia kept up its assault on Ukraine on Saturday even as Ukrainian forces pushed into Russia’s Kursk border region.

NABATIEH, Lebanon—An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon early Saturday killed at least 10 Syrian nationals, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.

GOMA, Congo—Sarah Bagheni had a headache, fever, and itchy and unusual skin lesions for days, but she had no inkling that her symptoms might have been caused by mpox and that she might be another case in a growing global health emergency.

GOLDMAN Sachs Group Inc. economists lowered the probability of a US recession in the next year to 20 percent from 25 percent, citing this week’s retail sales and jobless claims data.

After the World Health Organization this week warned that a fast-spreading strain of mpox poses a global threat, Denmark again has a potential solution and underscored its capacity to outshine traditional powerhouses in the US and the UK.

In 1982, American country singer Kenny Rogers became a household name in Manila when his song “Through the Years” (cowritten by Steve Dorff and Marty Panzer, produced by Lionel Richie) entered the Billboard Hot 100 and went to no. 1 on the Adult C...

TEN months after Israel launched war against Hamas and Hezbollah, only 356 among 11,000 Filipino workers left Lebanon despite the Philippine government’s offer to repatriate them all for free.

The National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation (NHMFC), Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD), Local Government Units of Isabela, and Uanjelle Land, Inc. (Uanjelle) concretized their partnership through the signing of a Memoran...

Filipino alternative rock band The Itchyworms are set to hold their highly anticipated and first-ever concert tour in Canada this November 2024!

The year 2024 is shaping up to be a comeback year for 1980s Filipino punk and new wave.

Manila, Philippines (August, 2024) — Get ready to savor the best-tasting Siopao experience! Chowking is heating up National Siopao Day with a Buy 2 Get 1 FREE promo on its best-tasting Chunky Asado Siopao.

ArenaPlus, your 24/7 sports betting app, has maintained its support for the nation’s athletes as they competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics, one of the biggest global stages for sports, through its “Ginto para sa Astig na Atleta” campaign from June 2024...

Global healthcare company Organon, in collaboration with the Philippine Lipid and Atherosclerosis Society (PLAS) mounted the 2nd Lipid Forum titled “Start Early, Strike Strong: Addressing the Urgency of “Treat to Goal” in Dyslipidemia Mana...

Invoking the ‘power of we,’ the Institute of Corporate Directors Philippines (ICD Ph) described the critical synergy between the public and private sectors in advancing good governance to foster pro-poor and inclusive growth and fighting c...

“DI pa tapos ang laban [The fight is not yet over],” said human-rights lawyer and retired lawmaker Wigberto Tañada on Thursday, two days after celebrating his 90th birthday during his conferment as Chair Emeritus of the Philippine Rural Reconstr...

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—With a growing number of repair and maintenance projects from the Philippine Navy and the United States Navy, the Subic Freeport-based ship repair company Subic Drydock Corp. (SDC) is establishing itself as a leading maintenance ser...

THE national government spent P1.216 trillion to pay its domestic and foreign debts from January to May this year, according to the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr).

FORMER Senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan on Sunday called for the acquisition of military hospital ships under the modernization program of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), citing the need to boost the government’s disaster-readiness program...

THE P89.9 billion in excess funds of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) being channelled to unprogrammed funds did not come from member contributions but government subsidies, and will be used to bankroll vital national governmen...

By Ma. Stella F. Arnaldo / Special to the BusinessMirror