President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an administrative order creating an oversight committee for the entry of the third telecommunications company in the Philippines. The President signed Administrative Order No. 11 on April 6 but was released only…
HAINAN, China — China is giving the Philippines another P3.8 billion in economic assistance, while the two countries also agreed to pursue offshore oil development during the meeting of President Rodrigo Duterte and President Xi Jinping on…
NEDA 2017 REPORT The Philippines is poised to move up to upper middle-income status as early as 2019 amid sustained robust growth, the state planning agency National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) said. “The strong economic growth…
Cebu’s finest junior golfers are chomping at the bit for the chance to win it all as they compete in the Philippine Junior Amateur Golf Championship that starts today at the Sherwood Hills Golf Club in Trece…
The computer systems of the Philippines’ largest banks are secure enough to deter any new attempts to use the local financial system as a transit and laundering point for illicit funds, thanks to lessons learned from the…
The low pressure area east of the country has intensified into a tropical depression, the weather bureau said Sunday. A tropical depression outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) was spotted 1,740 kilometers (km) east of Hinatuan,…
KAPUSO singer and actress Aicelle Santos has left the country for Manchester, United Kingdon on Thursday evening for the Miss Saigon’s UK Tour. Kapuso PR Girl announced Santos’ departure through an Instagram post. “LOOK: Aicelle Santos is…
The Republic of the Philippines, according to its President, is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC) because, again according to the same Chief Executive, it is a European Union invention. President Rodrigo Duterte also said the…
Semifinals Game 5 Magnolia Star Hotshots vs NLEX Road Warriors (series tied 2-2) 6:30pm at Ynares Center. Now with a shot at rewriting the history books of the PBA after getting an enemy that refused to die…
President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to withdraw from the treaty that establishes the International Criminal Court (ICC) would plunge the country “deeper into the quagmire of impunity,” a human rights lawyers’ group said on Thursday. Center for International…
The northeast monsoon and tail-end of a cold front are the dominant weather systems affecting the country, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Service Administration said on Monday. Weather specialist Samuel Duran, however, noted they are not…
A maritime expert on Tuesday expressed alarm over a report in a state-controlled Chinese newspaper that the Philippine government would use natural resources as collateral for multimillion-dollar loans from China. If true, the arrangement would have serious…
