July 23, is celebrated annually as Philippines-Japan Friendship Day, as mandated by Proclamation No. 854 in 2006.

US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday a new 19% tariff rate for goods from the Philippines after what he called a “beautiful visit” by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to the White ...

THIS YEAR is the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth and she hasn’t aged a bit as the cultural touchstone of classy romance. Her Pride and Prejudice anti-hero, Mr. Darcy, perennially pops up in ...

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said preliminary crop damage estimates totaled P134.7 million following heavy rains generated by tropical storm Crising and the southwest monsoon. Citing the DA’s ...

ABOUT P360 million worth of financial aid for indigent Filipinos affected by Severe Tropical Storm Wipha (Crising), a congressman said on Tuesday. President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. instructed the ...

AROUND 90,000 customers of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) are affected by power outages as of 2 p.m. brought by heavy rains caused by southwest monsoon. In a statement on Tuesday, Meralco said that the ...

CREDIT DEMAND in emerging Asia could be dampened by trade uncertainties, S&P Global Ratings said, but bank lending in the Philippines has remained resilient despite these headwinds. “There are signs ...

THE PHILIPPINES needs to address inefficient land use, improve urban planning, and establish “smart” cities in the countryside to achieve first-world status by 2050, according to veteran architect and ...

A Philippine delegation of 42 agribusiness entrepreneurs and academics traveled to Ho Chi Minh from June 24 to 27 to observe best practices in farming, logistics, manufacturing, and retailing related ...

THE Philippine banking system’s total deposits rose by 5.4% year on year to over P20 trillion as of the first quarter, the latest data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed, as digital ...

NOTHING, not even an unbeaten Premier Volleyball League (PVL) club PLDT, can withstand Mother Nature. Stranded at the SGS Stadium in flood-hit Araneta Avenue in Quezon City, the High Speed (HS) ...